Lisa Hill (u/lisa_hill23)

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Debate: Should avionics techs handle their own wiring repairs or leave it to the sheet metal guys?

I was talking to a lead tech in Tucson last week and he said letting the sheet metal crew fix our chafed wiring bundles is a disaster waiting to happen since they don't think about signal interference. But another old timer in our hangar swears they do cleaner work on tough panel rebuilds than we do because they deal with corrosion all day. I've seen both sides, but for something like a 12-volt power feed that keeps tripping the breaker on a 737, who should call the shots? What's your take on where the line between trades should be?

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c/electronics-repairers•

lisa_hill23•4d ago

A customer in my shop today asked me to fix her old radio from the 80s

She brought in this big silver Panasonic boom box, said it was her dad's and she just wanted to hear the static again... not even music. I opened it up and the belt had turned to goo, a real mess. She told me, 'It's not about the sound, it's about the hum it made when he was fixing his car.' Has anyone else had a repair request that was more about a memory than making something work like new?

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c/backpacking-routes•

lisa_hill23•4d ago

Warning: The old trail marker on the High Sierra Trail near Hamilton Lake is gone

I was out there last week and the big rock with the painted arrow that everyone used to find the creek crossing is just not there anymore. It must have washed away in the spring runoff. I had to backtrack almost a mile before I found the new, smaller cairn a ranger told me about later. Has anyone else hit that spot recently and found a better way to spot the turn?

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c/climate-action•

lisa_hill23•8d ago

Can we talk about the creek behind my old school?

I walked past it yesterday for the first time in maybe five years, and it's totally clear now, not full of trash like before. The city put in a big rain garden upstream to filter street runoff, and it actually worked. Has anyone else seen a local project make a real difference like that?

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c/adulting-fail-stories•

lisa_hill23•9d ago

I looked up how many people forget to cancel free trials and the number blew my mind

I was reading a report from a bank last week about subscription spending, and it said 65% of people forget to cancel free trials and end up paying for stuff they don't want. I felt so called out because I just got charged $14.99 for a fitness app I tried once in January. I set a calendar alert for the trial end date, but the notification got buried under other stuff and I completely missed it. It's such a simple thing, but it feels like a classic adulting fail where you think you have a system, and then life just gets in the way. That report made me realize I'm definitely not alone in this. How do you guys keep track of all your free trial end dates without losing your mind?

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c/bank-vs-broker•

lisa_hill23•9d ago

My mortgage rate quote dropped from 6.8% to 6.2% in two weeks after I switched from my bank to a broker.

The broker shopped my application to five different lenders, which my local credit union just wouldn't do, so what's the biggest rate difference you've seen between a bank and a broker?

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c/baking-fails-and-wins•

lisa_hill23•11d ago

Just read that a lot of home bakers get their oven temp wrong by 25 degrees or more

I was reading an old baking blog, 'The Tough Cookie', and they said something like 80% of home ovens run hot or cold. I checked mine with a thermometer I got for five bucks and sure enough, it was off by almost 30 degrees. It explains so much. For years, my cakes were a bit dry on the edges or my cookies spread too thin, and I just blamed my mixing. Now I'm wondering if a lot of our 'fails' are just from our tools being off. But then, is it really a win if you need a special gadget to get it right? Shouldn't a basic oven just work? What's the biggest oven fail you've had that turned out to be the oven's fault, not yours?

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c/concrete-finishers•

lisa_hill23•12d ago

I bought a $400 laser level for slab work and it was a total mistake

I mean, everyone on the crew was talking about how a laser level would change the game, so I saved up and got one. I figured it would make setting forms and checking grade way faster. But honestly, on a real job site, it was more trouble than it was worth. The sun washed it out half the time, and any little bump or vibration from a truck rolling by would knock it out of whack. I spent more time resetting it and checking it with my old trusty transit than I ever saved. After three months of fighting with it, I sold it for half what I paid. Maybe it's just me, but I think a good old fashioned water level and a sharp eye are still the best tools for the job. Has anyone else had a bad time with these on outdoor pours?

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c/dead-end-jobs-club•

lisa_hill23•13d ago

My manager told me 'ambition is a liability' during my review at the Oakwood office

We were in that tiny beige room on the second floor, and I asked about moving up to a lead role. He leaned back and said, 'Lisa, in a place like this, ambition is a liability. Just keep your head down.' That was six months ago, and I've been looking for a new job ever since. Has anyone else had a boss just flat-out tell you there's no future where you are?

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c/dead-end-jobs-club•

lisa_hill23•15d ago

The week my manager's 'emergency' project was just her kid's science fair volcano

I spent 12 hours over two days, including staying late on a Tuesday, sourcing weird materials and building a structurally sound, erupting volcano model, only to find out from a slip of the tongue by her assistant that it was for her 4th grader's school project, not the 'high-priority client demo' she told our team it was for.

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Recent Comments

2h ago

That 30 minute meal prep video finally got me to stop ordering pizza every Friday

Batches on a Sunday? You're telling me people actually spend their weekend cooking chicken rice like it's a side hustle?

5h ago

Took me 30 years to admit my mom was right about leaving dishes in the sink overnight

Wait, is that actually a thing? I heard somewhere that leaving standing water out attracts like, airborne bacteria or something.

13h ago

TIL that small business permits in Detroit can take 6 weeks longer than they tell you

read a news article last month about how Hamtramck's permit office is basically a black hole for paperwork lol. they said the average wait time for a simple retail permit was closer to 11 weeks but the city doesn't wanna admit it. totally sucks that you had to eat all that rent money just to get ghosted by a government desk. my buddy tried to open a food truck in Ferndale and had the same runaround, said the lady literally told him "come back next week" for 6 weeks straight. feels like they make the process painful on purpose to see who gives up first.

15h ago

That new coolant hose I bought failed after just 2 months

Jumped on the silicone bandwagon myself a few years back and learned the hard way that quality varies a ton with those. It seems like a lot of stuff now is made to look good but not to last, you know?

18h ago

Serious question - how long is too long for a project that should have been simple?

@sageellis I once spent 6 hours fixing a wonky shelf only to realize I forgot the level in the garage.