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1d ago

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I thought 'Overcooked' was just a dumb cooking game until my sister made me try it.

Oh man, totally! @fiona332 nailed it with Moving Out, and I had the same shock with Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. It starts calm and then your friends are just yelling bomb codes at each other.

2d ago

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Shoutout to the cheap plastic tarp I finally replaced

Oh man, @park.adam that takes me back. Got caught in a downpour after school once and my friend's mom just cut a head hole in a black trash bag for me. Felt like a sweaty, crinkly nightmare walking home. The hood part never works right, just flaps around your face. Did the job though, kept my books dry even if I looked insane.

2d ago

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Had a customer ask for a full breakdown of a wild boar last week

My brother's bill had a $75 charge just for the injection itself.

3d ago

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Had a guy at a truck stop in Bakersfield tell me he never uses a torque wrench on head bolts, just 'feels' it. He said he's done over 200 engines that way.

I saw a guy at the shop last week trying to fix a stripped bolt with an impact wrench set way too high. The whole flange just twisted like a tin can. It's not just about warping, you can actually shear off mounting points or crack the casting if you go in too hard. That kind of damage is way past a simple fix. Always start low and slow with the torque, feel it out. Going full power right away is a guaranteed trip to the parts store.

4d ago

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Learned the hard way about checking weather apps for wind gusts

Remember that time on the highway with the billboard? My buddy was hauling a flatbed, forecast looked clear. Got hit with a crosswind that felt like a train. Whole rig shook, he said it was the longest ten seconds of his life. He swears by gust alerts now, says feeling it in your bones like @nina_hall mentioned is great until your bones are wrong. That kind of surprise is more than lost time, it's a real pucker factor.