TIL the coffee shop near my office runs out of oat milk every single Tuesday

I went in this morning and they said it happens because their delivery comes on Wednesday mornings. That's a basic supply chain issue they could fix by ordering more or changing the schedule. Has anyone else seen a small business mess up something this simple?

Shoutout to the old guy at the Tacoma flea market who told me most studio glass from the 70s was made with 20% less soda ash than today's batches

TIL my 'junk' drawer has over 200 spare capacitors

I was cleaning the shop and decided to actually count them. It matters because I've been telling clients we have to order parts, but I've got a huge stockpile of common values right here. Anyone else have a hidden stash they forgot about?

Had a Canon AE-1 shutter curtain jam right as a client walked in

I was in the middle of a CLA in my home shop when it just froze up. Anyone know a solid method for freeing those without stressing the ribbon cables?

Vent: My old boss in Chicago swore by steaming for a full 15 minutes before extractions

I used to think it was way too long and would dry out the skin, but after trying it on a stubborn case of closed comedones last month, I saw a real difference. The pores were just so much more ready, and extractions were cleaner with less redness. Has anyone else found that longer steam times, even past the usual 5-10 minutes, work better for certain skin types?

That weird angled ceiling corner that ate my afternoon

Honestly, I had this vaulted ceiling job with a corner that wasn't a clean 90. Tried to muscle a normal piece in and the mud work to fill the gap looked terrible. Ended up having to make a precise paper template, cut the drywall to that shape, and then install it. What should've been a 30 minute cut and hang turned into a solid 3 hours. Anyone got a better method for those funky non-standard angles?

Just fixed a weird door lock issue at the old hospital downtown

Got a call for a stuck car at St. Mary's. The doors would open about two inches and then stop. Felt like a binding issue. Checked the sill and found a bent guide shoe bracket, probably from a hard hit. Had to pull the door panels to get at it. Straightened it with a mallet and a block. Took about an hour total. Anyone else run into a bracket bending like that without a full derail?

Trying to fix my compost bin lid took me a whole weekend

Honestly, I got this fancy compost tumbler last year to cut down on food waste. The plastic latch on the lid broke off, and I figured I could just rig up a new one with some zip ties. Ngl, that was a bad idea. The first batch of ties snapped after a week, so I tried bungee cords, then a metal hook from the hardware store. Nothing worked because the whole hinge was warped from the sun. I spent maybe 12 hours over two days trying to MacGyver it before I finally gave up and ordered the actual $25 replacement part from the company. Has anyone else had a simple green fix turn into a huge time sink like that?

Our club read 'The Road' and 'Station Eleven' back to back, and the hopeful one just hit harder for me

I mean, after 3 months of arguing about it, I think the difference was that 'Station Eleven' gave you a reason to keep going, while 'The Road' just felt like a brutal slog without that same spark, so has anyone else had a book club fight over which kind of apocalypse story works better?

Looking at my fridge now versus my old photos from 2019

I was on the phone with my mom last night and she asked if I still had that same jar of fancy mustard from three years ago. I opened the fridge door and just stared at it. Back then it was all meal kits and craft beer, now it's mostly condiments, a block of cheese, and some wilting cilantro. She laughed and said 'Your fridge tells a story, honey, and right now it says you order a lot of Thai food.' She's not wrong. Has anyone else's fridge contents totally shifted in the last few years?