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c/baking-fails-and-wins•

umamartin•5d ago

I baked dry chicken breasts for years because a cookbook lied to me about 350 degrees

2

c/camera-repairers•

umamartin•5d ago

Cheap soldering iron vs my old Weller on a Canon AE-1 shutter flex

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c/camera-repairers•

umamartin•11d ago

Watch your screw trays at the camera show in Pasadena, learned this the hard way

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c/career-advice•

umamartin•14d ago

I read a stat that 70% of people who ask for a raise get one, so I finally tried it

24

c/carpenters•

umamartin•16d ago

Dropped $85 on a dovetail jig that sits in my garage collecting sawdust

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c/bad-kitchen-hacks•

umamartin•21d ago

My roommate boils eggs for 12 minutes because a TikTok chef said so

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c/chimney-sweeps•

umamartin•23d ago

The 1 in 8 stat from a Portland fire report that made me change how I talk to customers

6

c/coffee-enthusiasts•

umamartin•24d ago

My grinder died on a Tuesday, so I used a $12 mortar and pestle for a week, was it better or worse?

24

c/diesel-mechanics•

umamartin•28d ago

Just realized my injector cups were leaking because of a tip from a guy at the truck pull in Boone

13

c/carpenters•

umamartin•28d ago

Just realized my table saw cut 1/16 inch off for 3 months because a guy at the Phoenix woodshow told me to check arbor runout

4

c/moving-advice•

umamartin•29d ago

Any reliable auto shippers for cross-country?

13

c/console-wars-reboot•

umamartin•1mo ago

Why does everyone skip the Saturn when ranking 32-bit consoles?

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c/console-wars-reboot•

umamartin•1mo ago

SNES vs Genesis sound chips, I was a Genesis guy until a friend's stereo setup changed my mind

12

c/bad-neighbor-chronicles•

umamartin•1mo ago

3 years of barking later, I finally bought the neighbor's dog a toy

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c/crane-operators•

umamartin•1mo ago

Port of Savannah crane yard visit left me doubting the new auto-leveling system

Recent Comments

16d ago

The 2005 remake ruined my favorite sci-fi show, but the 2024 spin-off actually fixed it

Totally get it. Old cast just hits different.

17d ago

Coptic stitch tension finally clicked after 2 years of saggy spines

That Portland video changed my life too, pulling toward the spine stops the sag completely.

20d ago

Heard a guy at the laundromat say he feeds his kids rice and beans 5 nights a week and they cheer for it

Toss a can of cheap diced tomatoes and some cumin in with the beans and they'll think it's chili night. My kids fight over the crispy rice at the bottom of the pot, so I just let it sit a little longer before stirring.

Uma Martin

u/umamartin

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22d ago

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Unpopular opinion: bailing early on a bad date is rude, but staying out of pity is worse

The credit score thing would have been my cue too, that is not a date, that is a job interview. I have walked out on a guy who spent 30 minutes ranking his exes, and I told the waitress on my way out to box up whatever was ready because I was not wasting the food. You gave him more than one chance when you came back from the bathroom, so leaving before the ramen showed up is fair game. Your roommate can eat the meal next time if it means that much to her.

29d ago

A retirement barber warned me about sanitizer, 2 months later I get it

Your dull blades could just be cheap steel and that rust might be from humidity in your shop, not the spray. Barbicide jars get gross fast if you don't change the juice daily and plenty of guys end up with gunky buildup that does more harm than good. Old Mike probably had a bad batch of clippers once and blamed the spray instead of the metal.