Showerthought: my $80 rain barrel was a total win

Bought it on a whim last spring and it's already saved me over 1,000 gallons of tap water for the garden... which is a lot in our dry summers. Anyone else have a simple setup that's paid off like that?

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dylan_thompson6mo ago

Yeah, it's wild how the cheapest fixes often work the best. People overcomplicate everything.

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luna_craig586mo ago

Totally agree with @dylan_thompson. My old laptop just needed a piece of folded paper under the battery to work again. What's the simplest fix you've ever seen work?

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robinson.leo4mo ago

That reminds me of this old washing machine my neighbor had. Thing was shaking like crazy during the spin cycle, sounded like a jet engine taking off in their basement. They were ready to call a repairman, spend a few hundred bucks. I told them to just level the feet, you know, twist them a bit until the machine sat flat. They looked at me like I was crazy. Five minutes later, problem solved. They offered me a beer and now I'm basically a hero in their eyes for doing something so simple. It's funny how we always jump to the expensive complicated answer first when the easy one is right there.

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