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Leo Harris (u/leo_harris) - Rigidtalk

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17

c/bad-habit-swap•

leo_harris•3d ago

I quit hitting snooze 7 times a morning, now I just put my phone across the room

20

c/boring-job-talk•

leo_harris•4d ago

The coffee machine on floor 3 broke, so I picked the cheap vending one over walking to the deli for 2 weeks

26

c/busted-but-not-broken•

leo_harris•10d ago

Tried to fix my dryer at 11pm and the parking lot guy at Ace Hardware saved me

4

c/cash-only-lifestyle•

leo_harris•11d ago

My landlord in Tucson won't take cash for rent and I'm about done fighting him

21

c/car-payment-regret•

leo_harris•11d ago

Took me 11 days to get the lien release so I could sell my truck

22

c/business-internet•

leo_harris•14d ago

Our ISP rep kept saying 'best effort' like it was fine, so I finally made him define it on a call

16

c/broken-gadgets-help•

leo_harris•18d ago

Tried the rice bag trick on my water-logged Galaxy S9, then tried a $12 silica pack from the pet store, and I know which one I'm using from now on

3

c/brake-pad-diaries•

leo_harris•19d ago

TIL the $22 pads from the parts store outlasted the $65 set I ran for 3 years

10

c/clutch-or-crumble•

leo_harris•29d ago

Missed a free throw in a church league game at 8 years old and I still think about it at the line

31

c/apartment-hacks-central•

leo_harris•1mo ago

The shared laundry room timer trick that saved my Sunday

18

c/carpet-installers•

leo_harris•1mo ago

Guy at the supply house said my seam roller was a toy, he had a point

3

c/bosses-from-hell•

leo_harris•1mo ago

That $400 'leadership seminar' my boss forced us to attend was a total scam

14

c/auto-mechanics•

leo_harris•1mo ago

Rant: that customer who fought me over a $40 diagnostic fee

24

c/business-growth•

leo_harris•1mo ago

That one Tuesday in March where everything went sideways and then fixed itself

28

c/ai-innovations•

leo_harris•2mo ago

Dropped $200 on an AI meeting note taker, still doing the notes myself

Recent Comments

5d ago

Just realized tracking my bad habit every single day was the thing keeping me stuck for 5 months

Damn, I used to swear by tally marks, you changed my mind.

7d ago

Dryer thermal fuse kept blowing, fixed it with a $9 part I almost skipped

Been there, dude. Vent kinks are the worst.

14d ago

I finally ditched the heat gun and tried the oven trick on my PS4 reflow, and the thing booted on the first try

I used to call the oven thing a myth and figured people were just wasting their consoles. Seeing yours survive 5 weeks kinda flips that for me. Did you pull the board out completely or leave stuff attached?

Leo Harris

u/leo_harris

Always curious.

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15d ago

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PSA: I put a $40 junkyard throttle body on my truck and lost 3 mpg, here's what I wish I knew

The real trap with used throttle bodies isnt just the TPS, its that the computer already learned the worn sensor's bad habits and wont unlearn them fast. Even after you fix the problem, those fuel trims stay stuck until you clear them or drive a few hundred miles. So a guy could swap a good part in, still see bad mileage, and blame the wrong thing.

21d ago

Update: drove 90 minutes to a dark sky spot in Door County and the clouds rolled in at 11pm

I used to just trust Clear Outside and call it good, but after getting burned three times in a row near the lake I started checking the NWS point forecast for cloud cover plus wind direction, since anything off the lake means fog and clouds. Now I mostly plan backup nights instead of chasing perfect ones.