My brisket stall lasted 8 hours at a comp in Memphis and I still won

I was sure I was done for when the temp just sat at 165 for what felt like forever... I was using my old offset and had to fight the urge to wrap it early. Ended up taking first in the brisket category with a 9.3 score from the judges. Has anyone else had a stall go that long and still turn out okay?

Tried using a password manager for the first time and it locked me out of my own bank account for three days.

Tbh, I think the instant pot hype is way overblown for budget cooking

Honestly, I used mine for a year and switched back to my $15 slow cooker from Goodwill. The instant pot just burns cheap beans and rice if you're not watching it like a hawk, but the slow cooker runs all day for pennies and never fails. Has anyone else ditched theirs for something simpler?

Took me 15 years to admit I actually like pineapple on pizza

Warning: I see a lot of people using way too much glue on their spines

I was helping my cousin rebind a cookbook from the 70s and she just slathered the spine with PVA like it was peanut butter. The book dried stiff as a board and won't open flat. I learned from an old binder in my town that you only need a thin, even coat, maybe a quarter inch wide, to hold the signatures. If you use too much, it seeps into the pages and ruins the whole thing. Has anyone else had to fix a book that was glued too tight?

PSA: I keep seeing beginners try to learn three languages at once and it never works

I was helping my nephew last week, and he was trying to learn Python, JavaScript, and C++ all in the same month because he saw a YouTube video saying to 'diversify.' He got so confused he almost quit. It's like trying to build a deck, fix a sink, and rewire a lamp all in one Saturday at the hardware store. You just end up with a mess. How do you even know which one to start with?

Hot take: Taking lone diver jobs in rough seas taught me a lesson

I want to share something that happened to me on a salvage job last spring. The contract was for good money, but I was the only diver on the boat. During a dive, the current picked up way more than forecasted. I got pushed against the wreck and my hose got pinched. The deckhand wasn't watching the line closely, so I had to free myself. It shook me up more than I'd like to admit. Now I always ask who else is diving and what the backup plan is. Trust me, a few extra bucks isn't worth being out there by yourself.

A submerged scooter snagged my safety line

I was doing a hull check on a small cargo ship near the marina yesterday. Halfway through, my safety line got really tight out of nowhere, and I was stuck in place. I thought it was just some old fishing net or rope, so I swam back to see what was up. Turns out, my line was all twisted around a beat-up electric scooter that must have fallen off the pier. I tried to pull it free, but the line was jammed in the scooter's brakes. I remembered this old diver I worked with once said sometimes you gotta improvise, so I used my knife to pry the brake lever open just enough to slip the line out. It came loose, but then the scooter started drifting down, so I had to lug it to the surface with me. The guys on the boat cracked up when they saw it, and now they joke that I'm part diver, part trash collector. Lesson learned: always expect the weirdest stuff when you're underwater.