A customer at the Des Moines farmers market made me rethink my pork shoulder pricing

Last Saturday, a guy asked why my bone-in shoulder was $4.99 a pound when the boneless was $5.49. I explained the bone weight, but he said most folks just see a bigger piece for less cash and feel cheated... Now I'm thinking maybe I should price them the same and just explain the yield. What's your take on pricing bone-in versus boneless cuts?

Rant: I used to keep all my business cash in one checking account

After a surprise $1200 tax bill last April nearly wiped me out, I started using a separate high-yield savings account at Capital One for tax money. It's a simple change, but it stopped the panic of scrambling for cash every quarter. Anyone else have a basic money move that saved their small business?

Bought a 'sustainable' water bottle brand's new collab. The lid snapped clean off after two days. Their fix? A 15% off coupon for my next purchase. Not a replacement.

My first foreman said a good operator never trusts a blind lift, even with a radio.

I was moving a generator on a site in Tacoma and the spotter gave the all clear. Remembered his advice and took an extra minute to walk the path myself, found a buried conduit the spotter missed. Anyone else have a simple rule that saved their bacon?

Checked out a new surplus electronics warehouse in Tacoma last weekend

They had a whole section of 'refurbished' power supplies, but the caps on at least half of them looked bulged from across the aisle. I picked up a 24V unit to look closer and the date code was from 2009. The guy at the counter said they just 'test for output voltage' before they sell them. Has anyone else run into shops selling old gear as refurbished without a proper recap?

Pro tip: I was grinding my beans right before brewing for years and it still tasted bitter

My friend came over last week and saw my bag of whole beans from a shop in Portland. She asked how long I'd had it, and I said about three weeks. She pointed out that my grinder was full of old grounds and oil from past uses, which was making all my fresh coffee taste off. I cleaned it out with some rice (a trick she showed me) and the next cup was totally different. Has anyone else had a grinder mess up their brew without realizing it?

My copy of Gloomhaven just had a major component failure mid-campaign

The plastic standee for the Cragheart class snapped right at the base last Friday during our weekly game night. It happened when I was trying to slot it into a new hex. I tried super glue but the bond is weak and it keeps falling over. Anyone know a good source for replacement standees that won't cost an arm and a leg?

Pro tip: I tried two ways to get my friend into comics last month

First, I gave him a huge list of classic storylines and told him to start at the beginning... he got overwhelmed and quit. Then, I just handed him a single trade paperback, 'Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon', and said 'read this'. He finished it in a weekend and asked for more. The difference was giving him one complete, fun story instead of homework. How do you guys introduce new people to comics?

Showerthought: I tried air frying a whole apple with cinnamon and it turned into a weird mess...

I poked a Granny Smith apple a few times, sprinkled cinnamon inside, and ran it at 380 for 25 minutes like I saw online. It didn't get soft, it just kind of burst and made a sticky, burnt sugar pool in the basket. Has anyone actually made a baked apple work in the air fryer without this happening?

Rant: That old school glue down trick backfired on me last Friday

Tried to save time on a vinyl plank job in a Phoenix condo. Used the old trick of heating the adhesive with a heat gun to speed up the set. Ended up with a huge bubble right in the middle of the main room. Had to cut it out and patch a whole new piece, cost me an extra hour. Anyone else have a quick fix go wrong like that?