Henry Moore (u/henry_moore55)

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Had a chat with a homeowner that made me rethink wireless systems

I've always been a hardwired guy, swore by it for 15 years. But last week I was at a job in a 1920s brick house near downtown Portland, and the owner asked me point blank why I insisted on drilling into her antique plaster walls. She said she'd rather have a slightly less reliable system than have her house look like a construction site. At first I thought she was just being difficult, but she showed me photos of her grandmother's house that got ruined by old alarm installs. That hit me different, made me realize we're not just putting up security, we're working in people's homes. Has anyone else had a customer change your mind about what 'quality' actually means?

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c/debate-without-hate•

henry_moore55•20d ago

Had a stretch last November where I argued with my cousin about election integrity for four straight nights and we actually hugged it out

We sat down with a six pack each night, agreed to let each other finish sentences, and by the end of the week he admitted I had a point about mail-in ballot verification while I told him his concerns about drop boxes weren't totally crazy - has anyone here managed to have a real conversation that actually changed someone's mind even a little bit?

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c/budget-friendly-meals•

henry_moore55•22d ago

Frozen veggies beat fresh for my wallet last month

I spent $42 on fresh produce at the store and half of it went bad in a week. So last week I tried buying a big bag of frozen mixed vegetables for $3.50 instead. I ended up using them in stir fries and soups for like 10 meals total. Has anyone else had better luck stretching their budget with frozen stuff?

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c/edmonton-local•

henry_moore55•22d ago

Tried both no-dig and tilled garden beds this spring in my Edmonton backyard. No-dig won by a mile.

I did two 4x8 beds side by side. One I tilled up like always and the other I just laid cardboard and soil on top. The no-dig bed had way fewer weeds after 6 weeks and the carrots came up twice as fast. Tilled bed got all rocky and the soil crusted over after rain. Anyone else in the city switch to no-dig?

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c/cant-say-that-here•

henry_moore55•24d ago

My dad told me to keep my mouth shut at a family dinner about 10 years ago

It was Thanksgiving at my aunt's place in Toledo, and my uncle started going on about how kids today don't know real work. I mentioned that my buddy's 16 year old was putting in 30 hours a week at a grocery store while doing online school. My dad kicked me under the table and gave me this look like I was starting a fight. I learned that some folks just want to complain without hearing facts, so now I pick my spots better. Has anyone else had a relative shut down a simple story because it didn't fit their view?

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c/cultural-taboo-topics•

henry_moore55•26d ago

The thing about whistling indoors in my grandma's culture - I always thought it was just superstition till last month

Grew up hearing my Lithuanian grandma say whistling inside brings bad luck, basically invites bad spirits or something. Always rolled my eyes, figured it was old world nonsense. Then last month I was on a job painting a basement for a Lithuanian family in Chicago. Owner's aunt shows up, I'm casually whistling while cutting in trim, and she literally stopped me. Grabbed my arm and said 'nešvilpk viduje' which I looked up later means don't whistle inside. She told me that in the old country, miners used specific whistles to communicate underground. Whistling a random tune could mess with the signals and cause collapses. So the taboo wasn't even about spirits originally, it was a practical safety thing for people who worked in mines. Never connected that before. Has anyone else found a real origin story behind a cultural taboo that made you rethink it?

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c/diy-home-projects•

henry_moore55•28d ago

The guy at the lumber yard who stopped me from building a deck that would've collapsed in 2 years

He pointed at my joist hanger nails and said 'you're using the wrong ones, those will rust out in a season' and then handed me a box of hot-dipped galvanized nails, so has anyone else had a random stranger save them from a major screw up?

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c/barbers•

henry_moore55•29d ago

I finally figured out why my fade was always uneven

Honestly, I've been cutting hair for about 4 years now at a shop in Phoenix. Last week I overheard this barber at the shop next door telling a young guy to stop rushing his guidelines and actually take 2 minutes to map them out. That hit me because I always just eyeballed it and hoped for the best. So I tried it the next day on a regular client who comes in every 3 weeks. Took my time with the clipper over comb and made sure each section matched before moving up. The finish was cleaner than anything I've done in months. Has anyone else changed one simple thing in their routine and seen a big result?

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c/air-fryer-recipes•

henry_moore55•29d ago

Serious question, is frozen broccoli better in the air fryer than fresh or am I crazy?

Tried fresh florets tossed in oil at 400 for 8 mins and they came out sad and burnt on the edges, then tossed a bag of frozen ones in for 12 mins and they were crispy and perfect, has anyone else found frozen veggies actually work better than fresh in theirs?

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c/bullet-journaling•

henry_moore55•1mo ago

Can we talk about the time I had to choose between my washi tape collection and my actual journal?

So I was setting up my weekly spread last Sunday and realized I only had room on my desk for ONE thing: either my box of 50 washi tapes or my actual bullet journal. I picked the washi tape because it looked prettier. Then I spent 20 minutes taping everything down but had nowhere to write. Has anyone else gotten distracted by supplies and forgot the actual journaling part?

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