Finally invested in a good clipper vacuum attachment

Went to a barber school convention in Cincinnati last fall and watched a dude do six straight haircuts without stopping to sweep once. Dude just clipped and the hair vanished into this little hose on his clipper. I always thought those attachments were gimmicky, but seeing how much faster he moved sold me. Got a cordless one last month and now I can't imagine working without it. Any of you guys use one daily or still just sweep between chairs?

Tried RTV on a oil filter housing gasket, almost cost me a whole weekend

Last Saturday I was swapping an oil filter housing on a 2013 Camry and figured I'd use a dab of RTV on the new gasket to be safe. Big mistake. The RTV squeezed out inside and blocked the oil passage. Took me 4 hours to figure out why the engine was clattering. Anyone else have a lesson learned from using too much sealant somewhere it didn't belong?

Popeyes chicken sandwich hype train - I finally caved last week

I was one of those people who rolled their eyes at the whole chicken sandwich war a few years back. But last Thursday I was in Baton Rouge for work and saw a Popeyes that actually had no line. Figured why not try it since it only cost $4.49. Man, I was wrong about that thing - the breading was crispy and the pickles actually made sense on a chicken sandwich. Has anyone else put off trying something because of the hype and then regretted waiting?

Picked up a book on carnivorous plants at a garage sale last Saturday

Found this old paperback for 50 cents. Turned out sundews can catch and digest over 500 insects in a single season. That's more than my tomato plants got eaten all summer. Had no idea those little sticky things were that effective. Anyone else find weird plant facts in random places?

Am I the only one who thinks the Hunger Games movies actually improved the books?

I reread the original trilogy last month and then rewatched the movies, and I was surprised how much extra depth the films added to characters like Effie and Haymitch compared to the first-person narration. The books felt so locked into Katniss's limited perspective that I missed a lot of the Capitol's political maneuvering that the movies showed visually. Has anyone else felt that a film version actually made the story richer instead of just cutting stuff out?

Caught a horse owner trying to use human nail clippers on a hoof crack last week

That one trick with the idle screw saved my trip last weekend

Was out on the trails near Big Bear and my sled kept dying every time I let off the throttle. Tried cleaning the carb, checking the fuel line, nothing worked. Then this old guy rolls up on a beat up Polaris and tells me to just turn the idle screw a half turn. Fixed it in 30 seconds and I got another 4 hours of riding in. Anyone else ever had a simple carb adjustment save their whole day?

Found out most commercial cleaning contracts in Detroit are way overpriced for what you get.

I was helping a friend price out janitorial services for his small office building over near Grand River. Pulled some bids from three different companies. Two were charging almost $2,000 a month for a 2,000 square foot space. Then I stumbled on the city's small business resource page. Turns out there's a local database of vetted providers with actual rate ranges. The average for that size space was closer to $800. That blew my mind. Has anyone else found that hidden city resource thing?

Swapped from a stopwatch to a chess clock for game nights and it fixed everything

I used to just hit a phone timer for each player's turn in 7-hour Twilight Imperium sessions, but everyone kept arguing about lag time (you know, when you grab a snack mid-turn). Then last month I borrowed a $25 analog chess clock from my buddy Dave and set it for 5 minutes per move. Has anyone else found that a physical clock changes the whole vibe of a long game compared to a phone app?

My uncle swore by duct tape for fixing PVC pipes

Last summer my uncle told me to just wrap a leaking PVC joint in duct tape and it would hold for years. I did it, and it actually held for 8 months before bursting at 2 AM and flooding my basement. Anyone else got a quick fix that worked way longer than it should have?