Bought a 5 pound bag of bokashi bran 8 months ago and started a fresh bin last week and nothing fermented, just mold everywhere because that stuff loses potency after maybe 3 months open. Has anyone else had dried-out bokashi bran fail on them or did I just get a bad batch from the start?
I signed up for a 6 week career coaching program back in March because I felt stuck in my admin job in Atlanta. The coach promised personalized resume help, mock interviews, and a network of contacts. What I got was a bunch of generic worksheets and a 30 minute call once a week where she just told me to update my LinkedIn. I spent $300 and ended up with no real job leads or even a decent resume rewrite. The whole thing felt like she was reading off a script she found online. Has anyone else tried one of these coaching services and actually got something useful out of it?
I was walking through Amsterdam last month and saw this beat up cargo bike locked to a railing. The chain had snapped and someone had fixed it with a twisted up shoestring and a zip tie. It held together for like 15 miles easy from what the owner told me. Made me wonder how many bikes out there are rolling on hack jobs like that. Has anyone else seen a repair that was sketchy but somehow worked?
Last summer in my little Seattle apartment, I had this bucket of scraps on the balcony and thought I was doing great. Then my downstairs neighbor came up and said the smell was seeping into her window, and honestly it smelled like something had died in there. She told me to stop adding cooked food with oil and to layer in more dry browns like shredded newspaper or cardboard. Now I keep a separate bag for meat and grease (which I just toss), and I mix in a handful of shredded junk mail every time I add kitchen scraps. Has anyone else had their whole system fall apart because of a smell complaint?
I was on a job last Tuesday in Austin where the lead insisted on terminating all the RG6 ends before pulling through the conduit. He said it saves time and keeps connectors clean. But another crew I worked with last month argued you should always pull first and terminate after, because pre-terminated cables snag on every little burr inside the pipe. Which side has it right? Does anyone have a solid reason for doing it one way over the other?
He pulled out a highlighter and went on for 15 minutes about a single asterisk on page 47, and I swear the room went silent like we were in a courtroom. Has anyone else had a book club member treat a footnote like it's the actual plot?
Honestly I used to just clamp a board to two sawhorses and hope for the best. Last month I built a proper station with a 12 foot fence and a fold-out wing table in my garage in Austin. It took me a Saturday and about $80 in plywood but now I can cut 8 foot trim without it flopping around. Has anyone else put off building a station way longer than they should have?
Last week I bought a no-name crimper off Amazon for my GA plane's antenna cable. First connector looked fine. Second one the center pin slipped right out after I tugged it. By connector 4 I had mangled three more. My A&P buddy handed me his Daniels crimper and it worked first try. That cheap tool cost me $60 plus $40 in wasted connectors. Anyone else have a tool fail like this mid-job?
I was setting up for a job in downtown Seattle last month, moving HVAC units onto a roof with maybe 15 feet of clearance from the next building. My boss wanted me to use our standard jib, saying we'd just 'make it work'. After looking at the site, I rented a luffing jib crane for the day instead. The ability to raise the jib angle and not swing into the other building made the whole lift smooth and safe. Anyone have other tips for working in really tight urban spots?