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1d ago

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Watching the crew pour the new plaza in Cincinnati, I noticed they were using a garden sprayer filled with water to lightly mist the edges before the final trowel pass.

Seems like a lot of effort for ten minutes. On a small job, you'd just work faster. Seen guys just throw a wet burlap sack over an edge if it was really that critical. Maybe it matters for a perfect finish, but most concrete just needs to be flat and not crack.

2d ago

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A customer in Phoenix totally flipped my view on glass break sensors

Totally get that, it's a solid point. Had a guy show me how easy it was to pop a window screen with a pocket knife and just slide the latch. Honestly made me rethink every ground floor window I've ever wired. Now I always push for the extra sensor on sliding doors and big windows, just feels cheap not to.

3d ago

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Finally pulled the trigger on a proper burr grinder, cost me about $150. The difference in my morning cup is honestly night and day.

My buddy got one last month and was raving about it. He said his old blade grinder made coffee taste kind of burnt and bitter. Now he says he can actually taste the chocolate notes from his beans. It's like he's drinking a completely different drink.

3d ago

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Shoutout to the old guy at the Portland meat show who showed me a better way to break down a shoulder

That blade tip rotation, clockwise or counter?

4d ago

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Showerthought: I hit 500 clients in my chair this year and it made me think about burnout

My freelance rate went from $75 to $100 an hour last year and it cut out so many draining clients... best move I ever made.