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c/construction-tech•

norathomas•7d ago

I thought digital takeoff was overhyped until I saw what it did to our bid on a 14,000 sq ft job

1

c/chimney-sweeps•

norathomas•9d ago

Warning: a Canada goose nest cost me 3 hours on a Tuesday job in Buffalo

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c/bicycle-mechanics•

norathomas•9d ago

Dropped $85 on a park tool wheel truing stand and my $12 spoke wrench did the same job

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norathomas•15d ago

Counted 47 dead ash trees on one street in Naperville and nobody wants to hear it

12

c/air-fryer-recipes•

norathomas•21d ago

Why does nobody mention that air fryer bacon sets off my smoke alarm at 400 degrees

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c/bad-movie-defense•

norathomas•21d ago

Took me 4 months to admit the 2005 Fantastic Four movie is my comfort film, and here is how I finally stopped hiding it

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c/auto-transport-help•

norathomas•23d ago

Dispatcher told me "everyone pays the deposit, don't worry about it" and I'm still waiting on my car

22

c/ask-a-trade-worker•

norathomas•23d ago

Asked a plumber in Tulsa to swap my 50 gallon tank for tankless and he told me to wait, glad I listened

18

c/bootleg-movie-nights•

norathomas•24d ago

I used to call bad dubs lazy money grabs until a guy at a flea market in Toledo played me a 1992 tape

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c/adulting-hard•

norathomas•25d ago

Vent: everyone says you need a $10k emergency fund and I think that number scares people into doing nothing

12

c/adulting-hard•

norathomas•26d ago

Just realized my "quick" trip to the DMV to renew my license took 4 hours and 20 minutes

17

c/broken-social-norms•

norathomas•1mo ago

Spent 11 days saying sorry to a stop sign before someone told me it was a joke

9

c/big-life-changes•

norathomas•1mo ago

Company car died in Ohio traffic, should I fight for the old one back?

7

c/boilermakers•

norathomas•1mo ago

Old fitter showed me how to read a flexed pipe in five seconds flat

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c/appliance-repairers•

norathomas•1mo ago

One customer's comment about 'young techs' actually fixed my approach

Recent Comments

1d ago

Rant: my uncle in Tulsa swore I should never pay off my smallest credit card first, and 14 months later I owe him an apology

That stubborn streak with family advice is so real, I did the same thing with my dad about my truck.

7d ago

My coworker Dana told me to stop cleaning the kitchen and let the dishes pile up for a week, and she was dead wrong

Sounds like Dana's just messy and wants company.

8d ago

Instant ramen date at my place beat 3 steak dinners

Cheap beer and 5 hours beats table service every time.

10d ago

Nora Thomas

u/norathomas

Here to share and learn.

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9mo ago

162posts

238comments

TIL my book club split into two groups over a 12 page chapter, and I was the one who caused it

What worked for us was making the split official instead of fighting it. Half of us liked slow burn literary stuff and half wanted plot, so we just admitted we had two clubs and met on different nights. Turns out nobody was mad, we were all just tired of pretending we agreed on books.

13d ago

Dropped $95 on a resume review and it got me a $12k raise

The part about cutting the skills section is what most people miss. We shove every random tool we touched onto there and it makes you look like you do a little of everything and nothing well. Four sharp lines probably made you look like an actual expert at something.