Wade Garcia (u/garcia.wade)

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The day I learned to never skip the chalk line

Last year, I put down a herringbone wood floor in a big dining room. To save time, I just eyed the first row instead of using a string line. Big mistake. The pattern began to drift, and when I got to the far wall, the gaps were huge. I had to pull up everything and lost a full day of work. Now, I never start without a laser level and a snapped chalk line. This step might seem small, but it makes the whole job flow better. I learned that a little patience at the beginning avoids a lot of trouble later. How do you ensure your layouts stay true?

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garcia.wade•1d ago

I accidentally started a budget travel guide at the old bus stop

Left a tip about the dollar slice pizza place and now there's a whole mess of recommendations from strangers.

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8h ago

TIL my little sis can now debone a chicken like a pro after helping me in the shop

Man, that's awesome. Passing on a skill to family feels so good, like you're building a connection. Really happy for you both.

18h ago

I finally took the river fork on the Pine Valley trail

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1d ago

I finally figured out how to handle those tight spiral flues without tearing up my arms.

My friend swears by those rods after they saved him from a nasty spiral flue job.

2d ago

Can we talk about how I've stopped trying to calibrate oven thermostats... they're never accurate anyway.

Calibrating mine made a real difference.

3d ago

Just realized my email password is from high school

Oh man, my old email password was literally based on my first girlfriend's name. Not exactly a fortress of security. The trick is to think of a short sentence or a line from a song you like, then use the first letter of each word and add a number or symbol. Makes it a random string to everyone else, but something you can actually remember.