Val Taylor (u/val_taylor)

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A foreman in Chicago told me my 3/8-inch drive was 'asking for a broken wrist' on those old Otis valve springs.

I switched to a 1/2-inch drive with a cheater bar for the extra leverage, so has anyone found a better tool for pre-1980 governor linkages?

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val_taylor•16d ago

My art teacher said to never use pure black for shadows and I thought she was nuts

In my first graphic design job, I was doing a poster for a local band and kept using a straight 000000 black for all the drop shadows. My old teacher's voice popped into my head saying 'shadows have color, use a dark blue or purple instead.' I tried it, mixing a deep navy into the shadows instead, and the whole piece suddenly looked way more real and less flat. That one change made the red guitar on the poster look like it was actually sitting on the stage. Has anyone else had a simple color rule from school actually save a project later on?

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17d ago

Finally picked the Sawtooth Loop over the Teton Crest Trail for my first solo trip and it was perfect!

My cousin tried for a Teton permit for three years straight, lee_barnes70. He finally got one last August, only to share the trail with what he called a "parade of identical Patagonia puffer vests." He spent more time waiting in line for the Granite Canyon bathroom than he did actually hiking. I'll take a dusty forest road and a map nobody else has looked at any day.

18d ago

I started using #808080 as my base dark gray instead of pure black

Did you test any other grays or just jump straight to that one?

19d ago

My friend said to always ask for a spec sheet before a freelance job, and it saved me last month

That spec sheet thing is just good life advice in general. Always get the weird details in writing, whether it's for a freelance job or helping a friend move their couch.

19d ago

Why does nobody talk about how cover boards have gotten thinner over the years?

Hey, what about the noise? Thinner boards don't muffle the sound of pages turning like the old ones did. I had this big old photo album from my grandma, and flipping through it was almost silent. My new one with the thin covers makes this cheap, flappy sound. It's a tiny thing, but it changes the whole feel of using it.