Showerthought: I miss the old guys at the hardware store on 5th Street

About ten years back, an old timer named Frank saw me buying a can of polyurethane and said, 'Kid, you're gonna hate that in two coats. Rub the first one back with 0000 steel wool and a whisper of mineral spirits.' He was right, it changed the whole feel. Anyone else get a piece of advice that simple but perfect?

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sam_rivera14d ago

That's the kind of wisdom you just can't get from a YouTube tutorial. Feels like we traded those little moments for endless information.

jana_davis9014d ago

Remember the guy who would just hand you the right part without asking a question. The YouTube video shows you ten ways to do it, but it doesn't know your house or your weird old pipes. That specific, quiet knowledge just evaporates when those places close.