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Small win: I finally fixed that flickering porch light in Canton
Been dealing with that buzzing, flickering porch light for like 6 weeks now, kept putting it off because I figured it was a wiring mess. Last Tuesday I got home early and just decided to poke at it with a ladder and a multimeter I borrowed from my neighbor Jim. Turned out it was just a loose neutral screw on the fixture, not even a bad switch. Took maybe 20 minutes total and now my porch doesn't look like a haunted house at night. Anyone else sit on tiny repairs until they turn into a big mental weight for no reason?
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jordan_webb7d ago
Oh man, this hits way too close to home. I let a dripping kitchen faucet drive me nuts for like two months because I was convinced the whole pipe was corroded, then my dad came over and just tightened the packing nut in five minutes flat. Now I feel dumb every time I walk past the sink, but hey, at least your porch looks normal again and we both learned we're lazy about things that take less time than complaining about them.
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