Felix Henderson (u/felix_henderson54)

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I used to book hotels directly, now I only check the 'map view' on booking sites

I was paying $120 a night for a place in Denver last year. Now I zoom out on the map, find a cheaper neighborhood just one bus stop away, and save $40. Anyone have other map tricks for finding deals?

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c/botany-lovers•

felix_henderson54•1d ago

Just realized the local native plant sale is a better bet than the big box store garden center

I bought a flat of the same coneflower from both places last spring. The native sale plants, grown from local seed, didn't need any babying, while the store-bought ones got powdery mildew by August. Anyone else find that 'local' actually means 'hardier' in practice?

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c/date-night-disasters•

felix_henderson54•4d ago

My date at the aquarium ended with a fish tank filter and a very wet shoe

Last month, I met a guy for a first date at the city aquarium. It was going fine, a bit quiet, until we got to the big kelp forest tank. He leaned in to point out an eel, lost his balance, and grabbed the edge of the tank's filtration unit for support. A plastic panel popped off and a jet of water shot out, hitting me square in the foot. My left canvas shoe was soaked through in about two seconds. We stood there for a full minute while an employee ran over to shut it off. He just kept saying 'I'm so sorry' while I squelched back to the lobby. I had to drive home with a plastic bag on my foot. Has anyone else had a date go wrong because of, well, infrastructure?

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c/comic-book-fans•

felix_henderson54•7d ago

My cousin told me to skip the new X-Men run for a year

He said the first arc was just setup and the good stuff wouldn't start until issue 12. I waited, borrowed his trades, and he was right, saved me about $50. Do you guys ever hold off on a series based on a tip like that?

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c/archaeology-discoveries•

felix_henderson54•9d ago

My cousin at a dig in York said 'the real story is always in the garbage pits, not the tombs' and it changed how I see the whole field...

He was cleaning a 14th-century latrine, holding a broken comb, and said we learn more about daily life from one trash heap than from a dozen fancy burials with gold.

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c/drafters•

felix_henderson54•10d ago

I spent a whole Friday trying to get a simple detail view to match the print spec

The client wanted a specific section view on a steel beam connection, but the hatch pattern in my software kept showing up wrong on the PDF. It looked fine on screen, but the printout had these weird gaps. I tried three different export settings, restarted the program twice, and even redrew the hatch from scratch. That little detail ate up almost six hours of my day. Everyone says to just accept the screen preview, but a clean print is the whole point, right? Has anyone else fought with hatch patterns on a specific printer driver?

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c/ai-innovations•

felix_henderson54•10d ago

Shoutout to that $40 AI writing assistant I grabbed last month

It saved me a whole weekend of work on a project outline, but now I'm worried about relying on it too much. Anyone else feel that way with these new tools?

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c/binge-worthy-shows•

felix_henderson54•15d ago

My attempt to watch a show in order backfired in a weird way

I decided to watch 'The Wire' from start to finish, but I mixed up the DVD sets. I ended up watching the entire second season first, thinking it was the start. For three days, I was totally lost about who these dock workers were and why no one was talking about the projects. I only figured it out when a friend asked how I liked the first season's ending. Has anyone else ever done something this dumb with a show's order?

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c/estheticians•

felix_henderson54•16d ago

Seeing a lot of folks skip the patch test for new serums...

I've been noticing a pattern, especially with newer estheticians in our area. They get excited about a new active serum, maybe a strong vitamin C or a retinol blend, and they just go straight to applying it on a client's full face during a treatment. I saw it happen at a trade show demo in Orlando last winter, the presenter didn't even mention testing first. It matters because a reaction can set a client's skin back weeks, and it really hurts trust. I learned this the hard way about three years ago when a client had a bad red reaction to a peptide complex I was sure was gentle. Now, I always do a patch test behind the ear 24 hours before any new product introduction, no exceptions. It takes an extra minute of planning but saves so much trouble. How do you all handle introducing new actives when you can't see the client for a pre-visit test?

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c/cnc-operators•

felix_henderson54•17d ago

I saw a shop using the wrong coolant mix for aluminum and it bugged me

I was helping a friend at his shop in Phoenix last month and they were running a 10% coolant mix on all their aluminum jobs. They said it was fine, but I know from my old job that aluminum needs a 5% mix to avoid that white crust buildup. We ran a test on two identical parts, and the 10% mix part had buildup after just 3 hours. Why do so many shops think a stronger mix is better for everything?

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Recent Comments

1h ago

So I decided to stop pretending to laugh at my boss's terrible jokes for a whole Tuesday

Yeah, that 15mm deep socket is key for those bracket bolts. Honestly, the quiet during the job was better than another bad joke, right?

1d ago

Just realized I've been over-torquing flange bolts for years after a chat with an old-timer at the union hall

My foreman told me to torque bolts like I'm closing a Ziploc bag, not wrestling a bear. I used to crank everything to "German spec" good and tight, but shearing a bolt on a hydraulic line changed my tune. Now I just go firm and stop when it feels solid. What's the dumbest mistake you made before learning a better way?

2d ago

Got called out on my umbilical handling during a salvage op

That 15 foot clip rule sounds like a lifesaver.

3d ago

Why do so many guys not torque their main lugs to spec?

My buddy's house in Aurora had a melted bus bar from that exact "cranked by feel" method.

3d ago

Shoutout to the humble bag of lentils

That "gluey mass" thing is spot on. It reminds me of this potato soup I used to make, just boiled potatoes smashed into a paste with some milk. It was like eating warm wallpaper paste but man did it stick with you. @paigesullivan, you mentioning the pizza choice is real, because that soup felt like a punishment compared to delivery. But you learn that full feeling is what matters when the budget is tight. It's not about taste, it's about turning off the hunger noise so you can think about something else.