Shoutout to the old crane yard in Pittsburgh I passed through last month

I stopped by the old rail yard near the Monongahela River to drop a load and saw something that hit me right in the nostalgia. They still have a 30 year old P&H lattice boom sitting there, faded red with weeds growing up through the tracks. Made me think about how different my cab is now compared to what my dad ran back in the 90s. He taught me on a machine that had levers you had to muscle around, no load indicators, just feel and a prayer. Now I sit in a climate controlled cab with all these screens showing me everything. Any of you guys ever go back to an old yard and just appreciate how far the equipment has come?

Found out that coolant pH dropping below 8.5 wrecked my inserts in half the time

Spent 3 hours chasing a no-start on a 98 Civic, turned out to be the main relay

I was helping a buddy with his Civic last Thursday. Car would crank but no spark, no fuel pump prime. Checked power at the pump, checked fuses, even swapped the distributor. After 3 hours of scratching my head I remembered the main relay issue these things have. Sure enough, tapped it with a screwdriver and the car fired right up. Felt pretty dumb but also relieved. Has anyone else spent way too long on a simple fix like that?

Unpopular opinion: I picked the fancy espresso machine over the simple one at work

Our break room got a budget and I chose a $400 super-automatic over a $50 french press setup. My coworkers were mad because it kept jamming on cheap beans and took 5 minutes to clean. Would you rather have something quick and easy or a gadget that needs a bit of attention every day?

Shoutout to the guy at my local shop who pointed me to a forgotten run

I was digging through the bargain bins at Cosmic Comics in Cleveland last Tuesday, and this older dude next to me just said 'you might like that one, it gets weird around issue 12.' He was pointing at a beat-up run of Animal Man from the 80s. I mean, I never would have picked it up otherwise, but he was totally right about the Morrison stuff getting trippy. Has anyone else had a random stranger at a shop hook them up with a good recommendation like that?

Wrote my first loop that actually worked at a coffee shop in Portland

Saw a guy thread his boom cable backwards at a job site outside Houston

Was on a small steel beam job down in Pasadena last Thursday, watched this kid spend 20 minutes fighting a twist because he ran the cable over the wrong sheave. That simple mistake nearly cost him a $500 repair after the braid started fraying. Has anyone else caught little stuff like that before it turned into a big bill?

A barista told me to stop swirling my pour over and I actually listened

So I've been making pour over coffee at home for a few years now, but it always came out kinda bitter. Last week I went to a shop in Portland and the barista watched me do my thing. She said I was swirling the slurry too much during the bloom, which was over-extracting. I switched to just a gentle stir for like 5 seconds and let it sit. My last three cups have been way smoother - no bitter finish at all. Has anyone else gotten a simple tip that totally flipped their brew game?

I swore I'd never watch a show about a chess prodigy

My friend in Chicago kept telling me to watch 'The Queen's Gambit' for months, but I thought it sounded boring. I finally gave in last week and ended up watching all seven episodes in one sitting. Has anyone else been totally wrong about a show they thought they'd hate?

I mean, I always thought those grocery store apps were just for coupons, but I saved $22 on my last trip by checking the 'digital deals' section first