I think most people are too aggressive with mirror cleaning.

I see a lot of posts here saying to use a swab and fluid on a sticky mirror in a Pentax ME Super, but last week a customer brought one in that was wrecked from that exact method. The coating started delaminating right where they scrubbed. Has anyone else had better luck just using a blower and hoping for the best first?

Spent $150 on a 'PR apology bootcamp' and got totally different results than my friend

So I paid this consultant $150 to help me write a comeback apology after I got canceled for a dumb tweet, and she gave me this super scripted video that felt fake. But my friend spent the same money with a different person and got a raw, off-the-cuff apology that actually worked and people forgave her. I'm starting to think paying for PR advice is a total gamble, has anyone else had better luck with the cheaper option?

Got ghosted by a recruiter after 3 rounds of interviews for a job in Austin

I spent two weeks prepping for interviews with a tech firm in Austin last month. Did a phone screen, a video call with the hiring manager, then a final round with the whole team. They said I'd hear back within 5 business days. That was 3 weeks ago and I've sent two follow-up emails with zero response. It's so frustrating when they drag you through the whole process and then vanish. Has anyone else had a company just disappear like that after promising an update?

Hot take: Spending $45 on silver age Batman issues at a con was either genius or idiotic

I dropped $45 on a stack of mid-grade silver age Batman issues at a local con last month and they either saved my collection's value or completely burned me since half of them had hidden spine ticks I missed in the dim lighting - has anyone else gambled on a bulk deal like that and regretted or celebrated it?

Discovered a stat about viral tweets that messed with my head

I was digging through some analytics site last night and found out that over 60% of viral tweets peak within the first 2 hours of being posted, which makes me wonder how many of my dumb jokes just missed the window because I posted them at 3 AM.

Bad week: 3 clients back to back with damaged hair from home kits

My window supplier swore lead time was 4 weeks, turned into 14

I ordered custom casement windows from a local shop near Portland back in March. They kept saying "next week" for about 8 weeks straight, which made me miss my drywall schedule entirely. By the time they showed up, I had already framed in temporary plywood just to keep the weather out. Has anyone else dealt with a vendor who just couldn't give a straight timeline?

Had the worst Monday in 5 years on the Haas last week

Last Monday I was running a job for a client in Detroit, 50 pieces of aluminum brackets. Everything was going fine until about the third part when I heard a weird chatter on the finish pass. I stopped the machine, checked the insert, and it looked fine so I kept going. About 10 parts later I realized my coolant nozzle had gotten bumped and was pointing the wrong way. By the time I fixed it, I had scrapped 7 parts total and had to reorder stock. My boss came over and just said 'you know that's $200 in material you just lost.' It was one of those days where nothing went right even when I double checked everything. Has anyone else had a simple mistake like a coolant line ruin a whole batch?

Tried using a borescope to check cylinder walls and got a false reading that cost me 2 days

Appreciation post: that Saturday I spent 8 hours in a back issue bin at a garage sale

I found a near-mint copy of a 1975 Conan issue for 50 cents that I'd been hunting for 3 years. Has anyone else had a random day like that where the bins just delivered?