Watching my dad build our deck taught me that same lesson. He'd buy way too many nails or an extra bundle of shingles every single time, and our garage became a weird museum of leftover projects. It creates this permanent, slightly guilty proof that your math was off, just sitting there for years.

Man, that carabiner trick is solid. I saw a guy on a barge job use a big plastic spring clamp from the hardware store. He clipped it right to his weight belt, fed the hose through the handle. Looked dumb but it worked. Said it was softer on the hose than metal and he could just toss it in his bag.

My old roommate was super into this and got these detergent sheets made for cold water. They worked fine, but the real game changer was finding out you can soak stained stuff in a bucket with some oxyclean before the cold wash. Saves a ton of hot cycles for sure.

So when you say they blow the schedule every time, is that because the change itself is huge, or because the timing of when they tell you is so late? Like, is the real problem that these aren't small changes, or that they're big changes dropped on you after you already built the thing?

Remember when guys used to brag about pushing limits in bad weather? Your story is exactly why I don't buy that tough guy stuff anymore. I saw a load swing into a parked trailer once, and it was just dumb luck no one was hurt. Now I figure if the chart says stop, you stop, no debate. Doesn't that make more sense than gambling with everyone below?