Wandered into a thrift store in Portland and found a stash of expired Kodak Portra 400

I was killing time last Saturday and stumbled on a box of 120 rolls marked at $2 each. The expiration date says 2015, so I grabbed all 8 of them before anyone else could. Anyone here ever shoot with long expired film and get decent results?

Blew $300 on a reman injector that was DOA

Picked up a rebuilt injector from a place in Denver about 6 months ago because it was half the price of a new one. Sounded fine on the bench but once I got it in the truck it was misfiring like crazy. Spent 4 hours chasing wiring and grounds before I finally swapped it out for a new one. Anyone else burned by reman parts that looked good but failed right out of the box?

My coworker pointed out my stabilizers were rattling and I spent 2 hours fixing them

Visited a writer's cabin retreat in Oregon and nobody was using a single notebook

I spent last weekend at this rustic cabin place in the woods that's supposedly for writers to get away and focus. Every single person there had a laptop out. Not one person with a physical journal or notebook. The whole point is to disconnect from screens and write. I felt like I was in a Starbucks but with more pine trees. Am I the only one who still drafts scenes on paper first?

Spent $300 on a career coaching package that was just generic advice

I signed up for a 6-week career coaching program last year thinking they'd tailor it to my plumbing business. Instead, every session felt like they were reading off a script about 'finding your passion' and 'networking better.' I lost $300 and 6 Tuesday nights I'll never get back. Has anyone else burned cash on a career service that sounded legit but was totally useless?

Rant: Customer brought in a deer that was shot 3 hours prior

Had a guy roll up with a whitetail he shot at 6am but didn't drag it out till 9. The meat was already souring near the wound channels. Told him he needs to gut and cool it within 30 minutes or this happens every time. Anyone else deal with hunters who drag their feet on field dressing?

Went to a con last weekend and noticed everyone skipped the screening rooms

I was at Anime Expo on Saturday and walked past like 4 different screening rooms that were showing some pretty popular series. They were barely half full while the artist alley was absolutely packed, like sardines in a can. I mean, I get wanting to buy merch and see the art, but when did watching the actual anime stop being the main draw? Is it just me or do cons feel more like shopping malls now?

I think Catan is way too overhyped for what it actually offers.

I traded a copy for a $15 used game called Yellow & Yangtze at a local shop in Portland and my group hasn't stopped playing it for two months. Has anyone else found an underrated gem that replaced a popular classic for them?

My clippers just died mid-haircut yesterday, total nightmare

I was halfway through a fade on a regular at my shop in Portland when my Wahl Magic Clips just stopped spinning. No warning, no weird noise, just dead. I had to finish the whole thing with my backup Andis, which felt totally different and threw off my blend. Has anyone else had a clipper just give out like that, or am I just unlucky?

The day my digital nomad setup crashed in a Bangkok cafe

Last week I was working from a coffee shop in Sukhumvit, feeling all smug with my portable monitor and noise-canceling headphones. Then my laptop just went black - totally dead, no warning. I spent 4 hours running around Bangkok trying to find someone who could fix it, but nobody had parts. Now I carry a backup Chromebook in my bag and it has saved me twice already. Has anyone else had their main work machine die in a foreign country?