Had a customer bring in a vintage 10-speed with a seized seatpost that took me 4 hours and a whole can of penetrating oil to finally get free.

I mean, the guy said he'd tried everything himself for a week, but the look on his face when it finally creaked loose was almost worth the sore hands, though I'm still debating if I should have charged more than the flat $60 labor fee for that kind of battle.

I paid $80 for a 'security audit' that was just a guy running a free scanner

Found this service online that promised a full check of my home network for threats. The guy showed up, plugged in his laptop, and ran a tool I later found is free to download. Took him about 20 minutes and he gave me a printout of basic info anyone could get. Has anyone actually had a good experience with a pro coming to your house for this stuff, or is it all a scam?

Rant: I bought a $15 grocery app subscription to save money and it did the opposite

I signed up for one of those apps that shows you coupons for your local store, thinking it would cut my bill... but I ended up buying extra stuff I saw on sale that I didn't need. My total was $20 higher than usual. Has anyone else had a plan to save backfire like that?

A client said my ad copy sounded like a robot, so I started reading everything out loud before sending.

After they pointed out the lack of a human voice in a campaign last month, I now record myself saying the copy and only use what doesn't make me cringe, which cut my first drafts by about half.

My sister said my sourdough starter was 'too polite' and it made me realize I was babying it

Saw a 1968 Chevy pickup at the county fair with a carburetor so clean you could eat off it

I was at the fair in Lancaster last weekend. This old truck was on display, engine bay open. The guy had the original Rochester carb rebuilt and polished. It looked brand new. Made me think how few people even know what a carb is now. Anyone else miss working on stuff that simple?

Back in 2012, I was fixing a tube TV in a basement and the flyback transformer arced out loud enough to make me jump

Got a stuck door on a 90s Dover in an old office building. The usual lube and adjust didn't work, so I tried a trick with a zip tie on the vane reader.

Had a real pucker moment with a swinging load in Portland yesterday.

The wind picked up just as I was setting a 15-ton concrete panel and it started to spin, but I managed to feather it down by cutting the swing and using just the hoist to land it soft on the blocks. What's your go-to move when a load gets lively on you?