Vent: My backyard dig revealed a 1930s trash pit and I can't stop thinking about it

Last week I was putting in a new fence post in my yard here in Tucson and hit a layer of old glass bottles and rusted cans. Dug down maybe 2 feet and found a whole pit full of stuff from the 1930s, like medicine bottles and a broken doll head. It hit me how people just buried their trash back then, and now I'm looking at my own trash cans different. Has anyone else stumbled on old trash pits or privies while doing regular yard work? How do you even figure out what's worth keeping?

Spent $400 on a Google Ads consultant for my Detroit shop and it backfired hard

I run a small bakery in Midtown and thought I needed expert help to get more customers online. This guy promised me Google Ads would double my foot traffic in a month. After $400 and zero new orders, I realized he was just using generic templates and not targeting local zip codes. Anyone else get burned by an overpriced marketing person?

Update: My shop saw humidity drops after sealing the floor with epoxy last spring

I used to fight with warped plywood every summer in Atlanta until I coated my 400 sq ft shop floor with a marine-grade epoxy back in April and now my stock stays flat even through the muggy August afternoons, anyone else notice a big difference after sealing their concrete?

Spent $50 on a laser measure and it saved me 3 hours measuring a duplex floor plan last weekend

Paid $40 for a VPN after my post about a local city council meeting got deleted by the ISP in Texas

Worked like a charm for 3 months until the VPN itself started blocking me from even visiting the forum I was trying to use it for, anyone else run into that weird loop?

Rant: The difference between licensed and unlicensed electricians I saw on a Reno in Seattle

I worked a kitchen remodel last summer where the homeowner let his brother-in-law do the wiring first. Three weeks later we had to rip it all out because it failed inspection. The licensed guy came in, fixed everything in two days, and it passed on the first try. Anyone else notice how often unlicensed work ends up costing way more in the long run?

My $250 water filter setup almost got me sick on the JMT

Ngl I dropped $250 on a gravity filter system before my John Muir Trail trip last August because I thought it would save time. First day out I set it up and the whole thing leaked everywhere, took me 45 minutes to get dirty water filtered. After three days the flow rate got so slow I was better off just using my backup iodine tablets. Tbh I should have just gone with a simple squeeze filter for a third of the cost. Has anyone else had a pricey filter turn into a headache on a long route?

SkyBell video doorbell turned out to be way better than I thought

I was real skeptical about putting in a SkyBell for a customer last month. I had heard too many stories about them dropping wifi and the app being buggy. But the client insisted because their neighbor had one and loved it. I installed it in about 45 minutes total, and I have to say the connection held solid through the whole setup. The video quality was actually impressive, even at night. Has anyone else had a change of heart on a specific brand or product after giving it a real shot?

Just realized AI image upscalers don't fix bad source photos

Spent like 3 hours trying to upscale a blurry photo from my phone and kept getting weird artifacts, finally dawned on me the AI can't invent detail that isn't there. Has anyone else hit this wall or found a way to work around it?

Why does nobody talk about how bad those cheap air fryers actually are?

I had to pick between a $30 no-name air fryer and a $70 Ninja one last month at Target, went cheap cause I'm broke. The thing burned my fries on the outside and left them raw inside like 4 times now. Anybody else get tricked by those budget kitchen gadgets?