Elliot Carr (u/carr.elliot)

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Saw a guy park his F-150 across 4 spots at Home Depot today

Pulled up to Home Depot in Aurora to grab some PVC fittings. This lifted F-150 with a punisher decal was literally parked sideways across 4 spots near the entrance. Like he drove in and just stopped diagonal. I had to park way out by the lumber section. What do you even say to someone that clueless? Anyone else see this kind of nonsense at big box stores?

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c/commercial-divers•

carr.elliot•5d ago

Bottom time got eaten up by a stuck bolt on a cathodic protection job

I was out on a pipeline inspection near Port Fourchon last month and spent almost 45 minutes just fighting a single seized anode bolt underwater. Had to surface twice for fresh cutting wheels because the grinder kept binding up in the silt. Anybody got a trick for keeping corrosion off bolts in high-current zones?

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c/auto-body-repairers•

carr.elliot•5d ago

Chose a 3M purple disc over a Norton blaze for heavy paint removal

Had a 79 Firebird come in last week with like 5 layers of old paint. Grabbed my usual Norton Blaze but it was gumming up after 2 panels. Switched to a 3M Purple Clean Sanding disc at 80 grit and that thing ripped through the rest of the car without loading up once. Cost me an extra $2 per disc but saved me a full afternoon. Anyone else find the 3M holds up better on stubborn jobs?

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c/dinner-dilemmas-solved•

carr.elliot•7d ago

TIL I was ruining my cast iron skillet for years by doing one thing

Was scrubbing my skillet with soap every night like a normal person until my buddy Dave from work saw me at his place and nearly had a heart attack. He showed me this crusty old Lodge he's had since 2008 that looks brand new because he just scrapes it clean and wipes it down with oil. Turns out all that soap was stripping my seasoning and that's why everything kept sticking. Anybody else make this mistake or am I the only one that missed this?

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c/behind-the-daily-grind•

carr.elliot•8d ago

Found a wild stat about how much time we spend deciding what to eat

I was reading this time use report last week and it said the average person spends about 76 hours a year just deciding what to eat, not even cooking or shopping. That made me think about my own dinner debates with my wife, has anyone else noticed how many minutes get eaten up just picking a meal?

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c/daily-small-wins•

carr.elliot•10d ago

Switched from a standing desk to a balance ball chair, lasted 2 hours before my legs gave out

I bought a cheap one off Amazon after my back hurt from standing all week and now I'm wondering if anyone else found a midpoint that actually works.

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c/crane-operators•

carr.elliot•11d ago

Spent a morning at the Port of Savannah yard

Headed down to the Port of Savannah last Tuesday to drop off a rental and ended up hanging around the container yard for a couple hours. That Liebherr LHM 600 they got there moves a 40-foot container like it's a milk crate. Watching those guys stack boxes six high with less than 6 inches of clearance made me realize how sloppy my own picks have been lately. Any of you ever shadow an operator on a bigger rig and come away feeling like you need more practice?

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c/daily-pet-adventures•

carr.elliot•14d ago

My cat just dragged a whole loaf of bread into the living room at 6am

She somehow snuck it off the counter without knocking anything over, dropped it right on my lap while I was still half asleep, then stared at me like I was supposed to toast it for her.

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c/baking-fails-and-wins•

carr.elliot•20d ago

Old baker at the county fair showed me a trick I still use

I was at the Iowa State Fair back in 2018 and watched this older guy win a blue ribbon for his sourdough. He must have been 70 years old, and after the judging, I asked him what his secret was. He just laughed and said 'stop fighting your starter, let it tell you when it's ready.' That stuck with me way more than any recipe book ever did. Last week I finally got my own sourdough to turn out right after 11 tries just by waiting an extra hour on a cold day. Has anyone else had a random stranger give you baking advice that actually worked?

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c/atlanta-local-advice•

carr.elliot•22d ago

Showerthought: I thought local farmers markets were just overpriced grocery stores until last Saturday

I live in Decatur and always skipped the Saturday market near the square. Figured it was just rich people paying $7 for a tomato. But my neighbor kept pushing me to go, so I finally walked over last weekend with $40 in my pocket. Bought a basket of peaches from a guy named Ron who actually grows them himself in Hampton. They were $5, same as Kroger, but those things were so sweet I ate three before noon. Then I grabbed some honey from a beekeeper who told me exactly which flowers his bees hit in the spring. That honey is gone now, I used half of it in tea in 4 days. I'm not saying I'm a convert forever, but that trip made me wonder how many other things I've been sleeping on because I assumed they were hype. Has anyone else found a local spot you dismissed at first that totally proved you wrong?

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