Got a copy of Pandemic Legacy from a garage sale for 5 bucks

I saw this beat up box at a garage sale in Toledo last Saturday for 5 dollars. The owner said they played through January and then gave up. I figured even if it was missing pieces, it was worth a shot for that price. Got it home and opened it up and it turns out they never even punched out the February upgrades. The stickers were still in the sheet and everything. So I basically got a sealed campaign for pocket change. Has anyone else had luck finding legacy games secondhand and getting more than you expected?

Swapped my oven racks for baking steel for sourdough...

I've been making sourdough at home for about two years now, always using a regular sheet pan with a pizza stone underneath. Last month I finally bought a 3/8 inch baking steel for $65 at a restaurant supply place in Portland. The bottom crust went from pale and sometimes soggy to deeply browned and crispy on the very first loaf. My oven spring is way better too, I think because the steel holds heat so much longer when I open the door to load the bread. Has anyone else switched to steel and noticed a difference in their crust, or is it just me feeling like a kid on Christmas morning?

Took my sled through a beaver pond last Tuesday and it did not end well

I was riding through some trails near Hayward, Wisconsin when I saw what looked like a solid puddle. Well, it was actually a beaver pond that was deeper than I thought. The machine sank right up to the handlebars in about 4 feet of water. Took me and my buddy 2 hours with a come-along to pull it out. Water got into the CVT and I had to drain it on the trail. Anyone else ever misjudge water depth and pay the price?

Last Thursday I had a pour go bad because the mix was too wet and I couldn't figure out why until I checked the truck's water meter

Turns out the driver had accidentally dumped an extra 15 gallons in before he even got to my site, and by the time I noticed the slurry pooling it was too late to save the slab, has anyone else had a driver mess with the water without telling you?

Spent 4 hours chasing a ground fault on a 2018 Silverado tail light...

Turned out to be a tiny crack in the plastic housing letting moisture in, but I had already replaced the bulb, checked the fuse box, and traced the whole harness twice. By the time I figured it out I was already an hour past closing time and my back was killing me from leaning over the bumper. Has anyone else had a simple electrical issue turn into a whole afternoon because you overlooked something stupid like that?

Serious question - rotary brush vs traditional scraping for heavy creosote buildup?

Old-timer swore by using dawn soap to prep bumpers before paint

He said it cuts wax better than any prep-sol I'd buy... tried it on a Honda Civic last Tuesday and got fisheyes so bad I had to strip it down and start over. Has anyone else had this backfire or did I mess up the ratio?

Just learned the hard way why you don't use pine boards for decking in Florida

I built a deck in my backyard in Tampa last summer and used regular pine like my grandpa always did, and now half the boards are warped and rotting after just 14 months. A local lumber yard guy told me I should have used pressure-treated pine or even cedar for the humidity down here. Anyone else run into rot issues way faster than they expected with certain wood types?

TIL that screwless wall plates can hide a nightmare behind them

I swapped out a old ivory plate in a kitchen remodel last Tuesday in Denver and found one of those push-in wire connectors that was barely holding onto a burnt up neutral. The insulation was melted about 2 inches back and the wire was all brittle. I had to cut back past the damage and pigtail a new section in before I even felt okay putting power back on. Anyone else find scary stuff hiding behind cover plates on simple swaps?

Buddy swore by self-leveling compound on my sloped kitchen floor, I was dead wrong about leveling the whole thing

My buddy Mike told me to just use self-leveling compound on the low spots in my kitchen instead of trying to level the entire 12x15 foot floor. I thought he was nuts and spent 3 hours mixing and pouring a full coat, ended up with a 1/4 inch thick mess near the back door. He stopped by, showed me how to feather it in just the sunken areas near the fridge, and the tile lay flat in 20 minutes. Has anyone else found that less compound actually works better for older houses?