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I was setting post concrete in the rain for a decade before a guy from Boise called me out
He saw me pouring a mix for a picket fence during a downpour and said, 'You know that's just making weak soup, right?' Turns out water from the sky messes with the water-to-powder ratio big time, making the whole base shaky. Anyone else have a basic thing they were doing totally wrong for way too long?
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andrew_baker95mo ago
It's wild how many jobs have a simple trick that changes everything... and nobody tells you. You see it with people using the wrong saw blade for years, or cooks not knowing why their food sticks. It's like we all get shown the basic move once, then just keep doing it, even when it's wrong. Makes you wonder what else we're all doing the hard way for no reason.
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robin8965mo ago
My neighbor spent ten years cutting his lawn with a dull mower blade. He finally sharpened it last month and said it cut his mowing time in half. Some things you just don't know until you stumble on the fix.
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patel.morgan5mo ago
My uncle was a mechanic and he said a dull blade doesn't just take longer, it actually hurts the grass, making it brown at the tips. It's like @andrew_baker9 said, we learn the wrong way and stick with it. I see it with people using a tiny pot to boil pasta, it takes forever to come back to a boil. Or trying to sweep a floor with a dusty broom, you just push the dirt around.
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