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16

c/change-my-view•

sandrat24•1d ago

Am I the only one who thinks "sleeping on it" is bad advice for big decisions?

29

c/bicycle-mechanics•

sandrat24•1d ago

Finally picked the spoke ruler over the tension meter, and my wheel build came out dead true

27

c/cnc-and-fabrication•

sandrat24•3d ago

Showerthought: a 0.001 inch error on a 20 inch part is a 0.005 inch error by the time you hit the last cut

13

c/cybersecurity-tips•

sandrat24•3d ago

My neighbor knocked on my door at 9pm last Tuesday to ask if my wifi was slow too, and that one question got me to finally set up a guest network

10

c/better-left-unsaid•

sandrat24•9d ago

Saw a mom at the Des Moines zoo let her kid bang on the glass for 10 min while the gorilla just sat there

21

c/business-internet-solutions•

sandrat24•16d ago

I figured cloud phone systems were a scam for small shops, then our phones died on a Friday

14

sandrat24•17d ago

A climber on my crew changed my mind about rigging the whole crown in one go

5

c/binge-worthy-shows•

sandrat24•18d ago

The guy running the register at a video store in Portland changed my mind about subtitles

22

c/bad-gift-hall-of-fame•

sandrat24•19d ago

Pro tip: do not let your sister in law buy your birthday gift from a gas station in Reno

6

c/archaeology-discoveries•

sandrat24•19d ago

A museum guide in Rome told me most bronze statues got melted down, not lost

19

c/best-last-bites•

sandrat24•20d ago

I wanted a fancy steakhouse dinner as my last meal for 15 years. Now it is a bowl of plain white rice and I can tell you exactly why.

27

c/cancel-culture-courtroom•

sandrat24•22d ago

Lost $600 on a fake 'cancel-proof' PR coach who promised to clean up my business page

27

c/backpacking-routes•

sandrat24•22d ago

I finally get why the old guy at REI told me to plan my routes around water, not miles

5

c/bad-movie-remakes•

sandrat24•24d ago

Why does nobody talk about how the Dawn of the Dead remake cut the whole point of the mall

1

c/backpacking-routes•

sandrat24•29d ago

My uncle hiked the AT in 1987 with a paper map and now he thinks my GPS is cheating

Recent Comments

1d ago

My old boss in Cleveland said I'd regret quitting, 3 months later he's asking me for a job

The place would fall apart without me" sounds like he just wanted to keep you scared.

2d ago

The night my boss at the race shop in Charlotte showed me a hand scraped way, I threw out my dial indicator habit

Figured scraping was outdated until my boss proved contact beats dials every time.

6d ago

Met a guy at a Denver CRE meetup who runs 200k sq ft in RiNo and he asked me one question that messed with my head

after taxes, insurance, and the 3 month vacancy" - now check what you actually kept.

Sandra Thompson

u/sandrat24

Always curious.

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2y ago

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12d ago

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Tried the Eagle Rock Loop in Arkansas in 2 days instead of 3 and my legs are still mad

Been there. What saved me on a similar dumb move was ditching the plan and just stopping when my body said stop instead of pushing to a set campsite. I ate way more than I thought I needed, like a full sandwich at every break, and that made a bigger difference than I expected. On climbs I started taking short 30 second breathers every switchback, which sounds slow but kept my legs from locking up. Cutting the miles isn't worth wrecking yourself in the dark.

17d ago

PSA: My digital art teacher in Phoenix told me to stop hiding my sketch layers, and 2 years later my portfolio finally got real engagement

Wow, same here, my messy linework timelapses always get way more saves and comments than my clean stuff.