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Rant: My garage door spring snapped and I burned 3 weekends on DIY fixes

Last month my garage door started slamming down hard, so I figured it was just the tracks needing grease. I spent two weekends adjusting the rails and replacing the rollers, but it still sounded like a gunshot every time it closed. Finally called a local repair guy in Phoenix who took one look and said the torsion spring had a hairline crack. He swapped it in 40 minutes for $180, and I felt like an idiot for the 3 wasted weekends. Does anyone else dive into fixes without checking the actual part that moves everything? How do you decide when to just call a pro from the start?

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kim_martin•4d ago

Used to fold fitted sheets like a maniac, now I roll them into a ball on purpose

For years I fought with that sheet, trying to fold it flat like my grandma did. Every Sunday I'd spend 15 minutes wrestling it, getting mad, and shoving it in the closet anyway. Then last month I just gave up and did the lazy roll thing, crammed it in a drawer. Honestly, my linen closet looks messier but I'm not rage-folding at 9pm anymore. Has anyone else dropped a 'proper' habit just to save your own sanity, or am I the only one who surrendered to the ball?

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ray_mitchell•5d ago

Rant: Chose a 45 minute commute over a 5 minute one and I don't regret it

Back in March I had two job offers in Phoenix. One was a fancy office 5 minutes from my apartment paying 58k, the other was a smaller shop 45 minutes east paying 52k. Everyone thought I was insane for taking the longer drive. But the close office had this open layout with no walls, constant meetings, and the manager talked over everyone. The far place let me work in a quiet corner with real doors and my own bench. I spend 90 minutes a day in traffic listening to podcasts about machining. A year in, I still look forward to Monday. Has anyone else taken a worse commute just to escape a toxic setup?

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the_jake•5d ago

Walked through my old high school hallway and the lockers got smaller

Stopped by my old school in Dayton last weekend for a game, and I swear those hallway lockers used to be twice as wide. Even the ceiling felt lower, and I'm not even that tall at 5'10". Anyone else gone back somewhere from their teens and felt like the place physically shrank, or is it just me?

c/does-anyone-else

Rant: My garage door spring snapped and I burned 3 weekends on DIY fixes

Used to fold fitted sheets like a maniac, now I roll them into a ball on purpose

Rant: Chose a 45 minute commute over a 5 minute one and I don't regret it

Walked through my old high school hallway and the lockers got smaller

Weirdest Tuesday ever at the laundromat, power went out right as my dryer cycle hit zero

Grocery clerk's 2 second comment on my tomatoes still bugs me

Stubborn cabinet hinge had me fighting for 3 hours

DAE find measured drawings way easier to work with on paper than on a tablet?

My neighbor's 10 year old called out my recycling habit

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The old man at the garage said never trust a reused drain plug washer

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Am I the only one who peeled 40 oranges before realizing the trick?

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Pro tip: check your oven rack before preheating

The drive thru speaker screamed at me and my order still came out wrong

The neighborhood Corgi went from barking at me to ignoring me after 4 weeks

I finally saw why my brother talks to plants after one phone call

A client's one-line note killed my 10 slide habit

I finally bought a $60 espresso machine at a garage sale and it ruined coffee shops for me

My barber's 10 minute rant got me to finally switch banks

PSA: Check your trailer hitch before a long haul, learned this the hard way

Can we talk about hitting 10,000 steps by accident?

Warning: my 5 gallon bucket lid trick was actually trapping moisture this whole time

Bought a $120 gym membership for a year, went 4 times