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Blew out my knee carrying a bucket of compound up steep stairs at a 1920s house in Portland

After 6 months of physical therapy I switched to mixing smaller batches on each floor instead of hauling everything from the truck and has anyone else had to completely change how they carry supplies after an injury?

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emery199•13h ago

Overheard a guy at Starbucks say his morning routine starts with a cold shower

I was waiting for my order and this dude next to me was telling his friend he takes a 2 minute cold shower every morning before coffee. Said it wakes him up faster than caffeine. I tried it this morning after my usual alarm and honestly I felt more alert by the time I got to the kitchen. Does anyone else have a weird morning hack that actually works better than the obvious thing?

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sethhernandez•4d ago

Showerthought: my morning shower routine was wasting 10 minutes a day

Last Monday I timed myself from stepping in to drying off and it was 22 minutes. I cut it down to 12 by just turning the water off while I soap up and scrub, no more standing there zoning out. Has anyone else tried the navy shower thing and actually stuck with it?

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wadem89•6d ago

My dad swore his "engine flush" trick would save my car

Last month my car started knocking real bad, so my dad told me to dump a can of engine flush in the oil and run it for 10 minutes before changing it. I did exactly that, drove it around the block, then drained the oil. Turns out the flush loosened a ton of sludge that then clogged my oil pickup tube, and the engine seized on the highway 2 days later. Cost me $4,200 for a rebuild. Has anyone else gotten bad advice from a parent that backfired this hard?

c/behind-the-daily-grind

Blew out my knee carrying a bucket of compound up steep stairs at a 1920s house in Portland

Overheard a guy at Starbucks say his morning routine starts with a cold shower

Showerthought: my morning shower routine was wasting 10 minutes a day

My dad swore his "engine flush" trick would save my car

Saw a guy at the farmer's market compost his leftover corn husks and it hit me how much food waste I make

My neighbor's tomato plants made me rethink everything about my garden soil

TIL my local post office has a secret backroom that looks like a hoarder's paradise from 1998

Spent 4 hours on a grocery list app just to find out it doesn't sync with my local store's inventory

Hit 10,000 steps before lunch last Tuesday and it threw me off

Had a kitchen shift last Thursday that nearly broke me

Found out 40% of my morning commute time is just from idling at red lights

My neighbor's 5-minute sprayer story changed my whole view on lawn care

Pro tip: That split second of panic when your work van's brake line snapped on a hill in Pittsburgh

I used to blast through my morning emails in 10 minutes flat, now I take a full hour

That neighbor lady was right about my laundry routine

The morning I had to pick between scrubbing the walk-in or prepping 50 pounds of onions

Hot take: doing laundry at 2am is actually better than daytime

Just found out my work chair has been slowly ruining my back for 8 months

Picked the 9pm gym slot over the 6am rush and it changed everything

That Tuesday last May when everything just worked out perfectly

The old lady at the laundromat who fixed my folding method

Is folding laundry really a 'chore' or just a weird mental break?

I finally cracked the code on never losing my keys again

Spent 4 hours installing a smart thermostat because my HVAC is from 1989

Just found out my coffee maker was costing me $60 a year in electricity