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patriciabrown•6mo ago

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6mo ago

Thinking about selling my old car to a friend for way under its value

My buddy once gave up a huge bonus to help his sister move cross country.

6mo ago

Honestly, cleaning the mirror box on a 20 year old SLR made the viewfinder go from cloudy to crystal clear

Really, @the_susan? I've never done that.

6mo ago

PSA: My kid's broken toy last week made me see loops in a new way

Man, I hope you at least got paid overtime for being the computer.

6mo ago

That time a homeowner insisted on mixing the mortar himself

Patricia Brown

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Oh geez, a watery mortar mix is the worst. It doesn't bond right and cracks easy later on. You end up scraping it all off and redoing the whole thing. That turns a simple job into a full day of extra work.

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My neighbor's 'fixed' fence post is a leaning tower of duct tape

Just hit 10,000 hours on our old cutterhead dredge and the numbers shocked me

Had a customer ask for a hamster funeral bouquet yesterday

I finally turned down a promotion to team lead

Clear communication during tree removals made our team way better

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