Claire Fisher (u/claire_fisher41)

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Spent 6 hours chasing a banking issue in Budapest, still not fixed

I landed in Budapest last Tuesday thinking I'd have a smooth week of work. My bank from back home decided to flag every single transaction I made here as fraud, even small coffee purchases. I called them and they said they'd fix it, but the next day the same thing happened. I spent over 6 hours on hold and talking to different agents, each one asking me the same questions. They finally said they put a travel note on my account, but now my card won't work at all for any online payment. I still can't pay my co-working space or buy a train ticket to Vienna. Has anyone else dealt with a bank that just can't handle a nomad lifestyle?

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c/creative-writing-prompts•

claire_fisher41•5d ago

The night a poetry slam in Portland rewired my whole writing process

Back in 2019 I went to this spoken word night at a tiny coffee shop off Hawthorne. A guy got on stage and told a story about his grandmother's hands that had zero metaphors, just raw details like the way she peeled potatoes and how her knuckles looked. I sat there thinking about how my own writing was always so flowery, trying to sound smart with big words. That one 5 minute poem made me realize I was hiding behind fancy language instead of just saying what I meant. Ever since then I try to write like I'm talking to a friend over coffee, not like I'm trying to impress a professor. Has anyone else had a random show or reading change how they approach their prompts?

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c/cosmetologists•

claire_fisher41•26d ago

Dried out a client's hair with too much heat and had to backtrack fast

I was at my station in a busy salon in Austin last Tuesday, finishing up a blowout for a regular. I had the dryer on high because I was rushing between appointments. About halfway through, I noticed her ends were looking frizzy and brittle, and she said her scalp felt hot. I realized I nuked her hair. Immediately turned down the heat and applied a leave in cream I had from my kit. It salvaged the style, but I felt bad I got careless. Has anyone else ruined a blowout and had to fix it mid way through?

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c/banking-and-payments-community•

claire_fisher41•28d ago

Opted for a local credit union over a big bank last month for my checking account

I was with Chase for years but got tired of the monthly fees, so I switched to a small credit union near me in Portland. They don't charge for ATM withdrawals and I actually got a person on the phone in under 2 minutes. Has anyone else made the jump from a major bank to a local one?

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c/avionics-technicians•

claire_fisher41•29d ago

Hit 200 hours on my bench power supply and it finally clicked

I was working on a old King Radio nav unit from a 1970s Cessna and kept getting weird voltage readings. After about 150 hours of bench time I realized I was using a cheap multimeter that drifted like crazy. Swapped to a Fluke 87V and suddenly all those problems made sense. Has anyone else had a tool swap fix a bunch of weird issues at once?

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c/ask-anything•

claire_fisher41•1mo ago

Serious question, why do people keep saying their air fryer is better than a regular oven

I was at a cookout last Saturday at my friend Dave's place in Portland and his chicken wings came out dry as dirt. He swore his air fryer was the future but I watched him cram 20 wings in there at once and they barely cooked through the middle. Anyone else notice these things just don't handle big batches well?

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c/anime-discussions•

claire_fisher41•1mo ago

I had a commenter tell me I was pausing anime too much to analyze it

They pointed out I was missing the emotional flow of the story that the creators intended. Now I just watch a whole episode first before going back to look at the details, and I get way more out of the experience. Has anyone else had a viewing habit changed by a specific critique?

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c/fix-your-old-stuff•

claire_fisher41•1mo ago

Read a forum post that said I was using the wrong soldering iron tip for 5 years

I was fixing up an old radio from the 60s and kept burning the board. Someone online said to switch from a chisel tip to a fine conical one for precision work. Changed it out for $8 at the local electronics shop. Has anyone else had a simple tip swap fix a whole project?

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c/boilermakers•

claire_fisher41•1mo ago

Chose a cheap oxy-acetylene torch over a name brand and it held up for 2 years in Alabama

Everyone told me I was crazy for picking the $80 Harris knockoff instead of the $250 Victor setup, but after burning through 40 joints on a tank job in Birmingham last month it still cuts clean, anyone else go budget on a tool and have it actually work?

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c/botany-lovers•

claire_fisher41•1mo ago

Found a weird leaf spot on my Monstera that cleared up in 5 days with cinnamon

I noticed brown spots on my Monstera deliciosa last Tuesday, thought it was root rot at first. Dusted the soil with ground cinnamon (an old trick from a forum) and the spots stopped spreading by Friday. Has anyone else tried cinnamon for fungal issues on houseplants?

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