I had three deals fall through in five days because the appraiser kept using comps from outside the neighborhood. One property was a solid duplex near a new transit line but they pulled a sale from three miles away that sold for 40k less. The lender wouldn't budge even after I showed them five closer comps that matched the square footage. Has anyone else worked with appraisers who ignore local data like that?
I was helping a younger tech at the hangar in Wichita last Tuesday, and he kept fighting with a terminal strip on a 172. The newer Molex pins just slide out if you don't pinch them at a specific angle, and nobody writes that in the manual. I had to show him the old trick of twisting the wire a quarter turn before seating it. Has anyone else noticed the newer connectors are way less forgiving than the 1990s stuff?
I went to Metro Hardwoods in Portland last Tuesday to grab some cherry for a kitchen job and noticed half their premium plywood was stored right under a leaky skylight. The top sheets were all cupped and warped, but the guy at the counter acted like it was no big deal. Has anyone else seen big suppliers getting sloppy with material storage lately?
Spent 6 hours fixing a jacket where the magnet kept snagging on my stovetop at work, has anyone else had this fail in a real kitchen setting?
I drove 3 hours out to the McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis thinking I'd get some killer dark sky photos. But even out there, there's this orange glow from the oil fields down in the Permian Basin that ruins the horizon. You could barely make out the Milky Way core with your naked eye. Has anyone else noticed how bad it's gotten in West Texas over the last few years?
I used to just spray on that wet lube every few days and deal with the black gunk all over my pants. Last month I tried Squirt wax drip on a new chain and I haven't had to clean the drivetrain once in 500 miles. Anyone else make the switch and notice their chain lasting way longer?
I popped into a co-working spot on East 6th last Tuesday and saw they had this big physical corkboard with job postings pinned up. Every single listing was for entry-level tech sales or startup customer support roles, which seemed super narrow for a city with so many industries. Is this just a downtown Austin thing or do most co-working spaces tilt heavily toward one kind of career track?
For 8 years I used the same old rope saddle for big removals. My hips would be killing me after a 6 hour day in a white oak. My buddy let me try his Notch Ergo last spring and I bought one the next week. It changed how I feel at the end of the day for sure. Anyone else stick with one style for way too long before making a switch?
Walked into Apex Performance off Route 66 last month and the guy there took a heat gun to my intake tube to reshape it around the battery box, saving me from buying a whole new kit, has anyone else gotten a mod done on the spot like that?
Got it from a big box store, went to lift a 10-ton boiler tank and the thing buckled sideways, so has anyone else had luck with those old screw-type jacks instead of these newer ratchet ones?