Had a real tricky lift yesterday with a 30-foot I-beam in a tight alley

Couldn't get the swing right until I tried a two-part tagline setup, which gave me way more control. Anyone else use that method for close-quarter picks?

The gas station that wasn't there when I went back

I was driving home from my sister's place in Dayton, took a wrong turn and ended up on this empty county road. I saw a bright, clean gas station, pulled in, and got a soda. The guy at the counter was humming an old song. When I turned around to leave five minutes later, the whole building was just a boarded-up, overgrown lot. My car was still parked on the cracked pavement where the pumps should have been. Has anyone else driven past a place that just vanished like that?

Saw our lot runoff and started catching paint water

It was always dirty after rain. Now I collect it in barrels and reuse it for washdowns. Cuts our water bill and helps the environment.

Hot take: Judging our club's photo contest showed me how editing kills the real sky

Last weekend, I helped pick the best shots from our astronomy group's yearly contest. Every single picture was so heavily tweaked that it looked fake, not like the stars I see with my own eyes. When did we start valuing flashy software over showing the actual night sky?

Just realized that letting coolant levels drop too low is a sure way to ruin a finish, maybe it's just me but I see it happen a lot.