Just hit 200 ABQ hiking trails logged in my app

I've been living here for about 6 years now and I finally crossed the 200 mark on my AllTrails app for hikes around Albuquerque. I didn't even realize I was close until last weekend when I did the Pino Trail up in the Sandias. It made me think about all the random mornings I've spent driving out to the foothills or the west side just to find something new. Some trails I've done like 10 times, but others I only hit once and never went back because they were boring or too rocky. The coolest part is seeing how many hidden spots there are that most people don't talk about. Has anyone else here tried to count how many different trails they've done around the city?

Can we talk about the old ReStore on 118 Ave before they moved?

I was over near the old ReStore spot on 118 Ave the other day and it got me thinking. That place was a goldmine for cheap lumber and random hardware back in like 2015. I remember getting a full sheet of 3/4 inch plywood for like 15 bucks there once. The new location is way cleaner but it doesn't have that same chaotic energy where youd find weird old tools mixed in with plumbing parts. Anyone else miss digging through those dusty bins for hidden gems?

Spent 4 hours trying to fix a mitre saw that just needed a new blade

I was working on some crown moulding for a kitchen in Portland and my mitre saw kept burning the edges. Figured it was a alignment issue so I spent a whole afternoon tweaking the fence and the bevel stops. Got it 'perfect' on the gauge but the cuts still looked like garbage. Finally called a buddy who came over and just swapped out the blade. 10 minutes later it cut like butter. Has anyone else wasted a whole day on a problem that had a dead simple fix?

Thought my monstera was just being dramatic when it wilted, then I saw the roots literally crawling out the bottom of the pot when I lifted it yesterday

I live in Portland and bought it three years ago but never repotted, and when I finally yanked the plastic nursery pot off the whole root ball was this solid mass shaped like the container with no soil left, so I had to cut half the roots off with pruning shears just to fit it into a bigger pot, has anyone else ignored a plant so long it basically became a root-bound experiment?

Finished a 12-season show in 6 days and my coworker thought I was lying

So I was telling my coworker Dave at lunch yesterday that I binged Supernatural from start to finish in less than a week. He looked at me dead serious and said "no way, that's like 280 episodes or something." I pulled up my Netflix history on my phone and showed him the timestamps from 3am sessions. He just shook his head and called me a machine lol. Anyone else get called out for their binge speed by friends?

Reminiscing about the old tube tester at Bob's Electronics in Cleveland

I had a 1980s Sony Trinitron come in last week from a guy who wanted it fixed for his retro gaming setup. The flyback transformer had gone bad, and I spent a solid 90 minutes trying to source a replacement from my junk pile. It got me thinking about how we used to just swap tubes in the old days with that B&K 747 tester at Bob's shop back in 2005. Anyone else miss those simpler troubleshooting days before everything went surface mount?

Saw an event planner use a paper notebook for lead capture at a conference last week

She was jotting down every attendee name and email by hand while everyone else scanned badges, and I figured she was just old school. Then she told me she had a 95% follow-up conversion rate because she wrote personal notes next to each contact. Has anyone else tried going analog to actually remember people better?

Debate: That 'miracle cure' video from a farmers market in Ohio is getting shared everywhere

I was at the North Market in Columbus last weekend and saw a vendor selling a $40 bottle of 'detox tea' claiming it cures everything from headaches to diabetes. A crowd of people were recording him and now the clip has 2 million views on Facebook. Is this just harmless snake oil or should we be flagging stuff like this harder before it goes viral?

Messed up a weld on my trailer hitch last weekend, had to redo the whole thing

Client ghosted after we sent the NDA draft last Friday

We had a solid verbal agreement with a startup in Austin called VoxNet. Sent over the standard NDA on Thursday and then nothing. No replies to email or voicemail for a week. Has anyone else had a deal fall apart right at the legal paperwork stage?