Wyatt Thomas (u/wyatt_thomas)

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Pro tip: I stopped using a 6 inch knife for taping after a job in Boise.

I was doing a whole house remodel out there last fall, and the lead guy kept telling me to switch to a 10 inch for the first coat. I thought it was just his weird habit, but he made me try it on a long ceiling seam. The wider blade lays down way more mud in one pass, and you get a much flatter fill with fewer ridges to sand later. I probably saved myself an hour of sanding on that ceiling alone. Now I only pull out the 6 inch for tight corners or repair patches. Has anyone else made the switch to a bigger knife for the first coat, or do you stick with what you know?

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c/generational-lifestyle-clashes•

wyatt_thomas•2mo ago

Unpopular opinion: My dad's paper map in the glove box beat my phone GPS in the mountains

We got turned around on a forest road near Asheville last month, and my cell signal dropped out completely. I was staring at a spinning circle on my screen for 15 minutes while he just pulled out his old, folded map. He had us back on the main road in five. It felt like a total clash between trusting tech and knowing how to use a physical tool. Has anyone else had a parent's 'outdated' method save the day when modern stuff failed?

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c/fast-food-failures•

wyatt_thomas•2mo ago

The day I learned I'd been eating my chicken nuggets wrong for 30 years

Last Tuesday at the drive-thru, I got a 10-piece nugget box and my usual two sauces. My buddy in the passenger seat watched me dip a nugget, take a bite, then dip the same nugget again. He just stared and said, 'You know you're double-dipping your own food, right? That's gross even for you.' I never thought about it, but I've been doing that my whole life, contaminating my own sauce with half-eaten chicken. I felt like a total fool. Has anyone else had a weird fast food habit they didn't realize was wrong until someone pointed it out?

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