I finally picked a cutterhead pump vs. a standard one on a tricky job

Had this pond cleanup job near Baton Rouge last month where the sludge was full of roots and trash. I kept going back and forth between using our standard dredge pump or swapping to a cutterhead setup. Standard pump would have clogged for sure with all that debris, but the cutterhead takes way more power and slows you down on the feed rate. I went with the cutterhead after a buddy told me about his nightmare unclogging a pump mid-job in 95 degree heat. Honestly it was the right call, chewed through everything without a single jam. But man the fuel bill was higher than I expected, like $200 more for that 3 day job. Anyone else run into this choice and regret going one way or the other?

That $6 foam brush from the dollar store saved my door frame paint job

I finally got my SSA decision letter after 14 months of waiting

I noticed a lot of people on here keep sending in the exact same medical records without adding new doctor notes or test results. My lawyer told me we had to submit something new every 3 months or the judge would just see a stale file. Has anyone else had luck with a specific type of evidence that moved their case forward?

Been seeing a lot of new chefs skip the basics of knife sharpening

I was at a pop-up kitchen in Chicago last week helping a buddy prep for a tasting event. Out of 6 line cooks there, only 2 had knives that could actually hold an edge. The rest were just hacking away with dull blades. I asked one kid when he last hit the stones and he said he just uses the honing rod every shift. That rod won't fix a dull edge, it just straightens a bent one. Am I the only one noticing this trend of people skipping actual sharpening?

Hit my personal record for daily trash pickup on the beach yesterday

I counted 47 plastic bottles on a quarter-mile stretch near Huntington Pier and that's not even counting the caps and straws. How many do you usually find on a clean-up walk?

I finally broke down and called the rental yard for that old Grove crane

Had a job in Lancaster last week where the swing brake on a 1987 Grove RT528C started dragging halfway through setting trusses. My guy on the crew swore he could fix it with a wrench and a prayer but after 4 hours of messing with it I finally called the rental yard. They sent a tech who had the thing running in 45 minutes. Anyone else waste half a day trying to fix old iron yourself before just making the call?

PSA: binging dub then switching to sub will mess up your brain

I watched all of Attack on Titan dubbed for 3 seasons. Then last week I started season 4 subbed because the dub wasn't out yet. By episode 3 I realized Eren sounded like a completely different character - angry kid vs tired soldier. It totally wrecked my immersion and I had to restart the whole show. Has anyone else had this problem jumping between versions mid-series?

Took me 8 hours to trim out one cabinet door

Been building face frame cabinets for about 3 years now. Always just trimmed doors by eye with a router and never thought much about it. Last week I had a job with 24 identical doors and I kept getting gaps that were 1/16 off on some. Ended up spending a whole Saturday dialing in a homemade template jig out of MDF. Works perfectly now but man I should have done that years ago. Anyone else waste a ton of time on something simple before figuring out the right way?

My Kelty tent got destroyed by hail in 20 minutes flat

Last summer I was camping near Estes Park and a hail storm came out of nowhere. My Kelty tent took a beating and the rainfly ripped in 3 places within 20 minutes. I had to pack up soaking wet gear and drive 2 hours home. Has anyone else had a tent fail that fast in bad weather?

I found out the "lick the spoon" trick for cookie dough actually stops you from eating half the batch.

I used to sneak bites every time I made cookies and end up with a dozen instead of three dozen. Then I tried licking the spoon and spatula right when I'm done mixing and it weirdly killed the urge to keep snacking. Has this happened to anyone else or is my brain just broken?