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c/flooring-installers•

rileyb48•6mo ago

Warning: I keep seeing guys skip the moisture test on concrete slabs and it's a ticking time bomb.

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c/comic-book-fans•

rileyb48•6mo ago

My uncle told me to stop buying single issues and just wait for the trade

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c/diy-backyard•

rileyb48•6mo ago

My neighbor's deck collapsed because he used untreated pine for the posts

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c/electronics-repairers•

rileyb48•7mo ago

Hot take: I was at the surplus store in Dayton and saw a whole bin of old HP printer power supplies for $2 each.

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6mo ago

Heard a barista say 'coffee is just a vehicle for milk and sugar' and it's been bugging me

Totally, I watched someone dump four sugars into a single shot yesterday.

7mo ago

Talked to my neighbor about their 2021 house purchase

Wow, that's smart... turning a problem into a discount.

7mo ago

Had to choose between a cheap foam pad and a good air mattress for a cold night in Colorado.

Leadville in October isn't exactly the arctic. I've slept on a couple of those blue foam pads in cold weather and been fine. A lot of it comes down to your sleeping bag and what you're wearing. People act like you'll get hypothermia if you don't spend two hundred bucks on a pad.

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7mo ago

Appreciation post: I used to hide my credit card statements from my wife, but now we budget together every Sunday night.

Yeah, that weekly talk is key. Something @loganl22 said made me realize we were missing a step. We'd save for the trip, but then get there and stress over every meal because the "fun money" wasn't separate. Now we break the big goal into piles. Like, the flight and hotel is one bucket. Then we save a second, smaller pile just for spending on the ground, ice cream, a souvenir, whatever. It keeps the vacation feeling like a vacation instead of a new set of money worries.