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The neighbor who told me to wrap my pipes in newspaper was right
Last winter I moved into a house in Buffalo and a guy next door warned me to insulate the outdoor spigot with newspaper and tape. I thought it sounded dumb and ignored him. After a 3 day freeze in January, the pipe burst and cost me 400 bucks to fix. Has anyone else got cheap advice that turned out to be dead on but you dismissed it?
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felixm292d ago
Yeah, I used to be one of those people who thought old school advice was just boomer nonsense. But after my car battery died in a parking lot and a random old timer showed me how to jump it with a rope and a hill, I shut up real quick. Sometimes the cheap and simple stuff works because it's been tested for decades, not because it's fancy.
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jana7692d agoTop Commenter
Yeah exactly, I read something about this the other day where a mechanic said most cars from the 90s can be fixed with a hammer and some duct tape basically. It's wild how much we overcomplicate stuff when the old ways were just built to last and be easy to patch up. That rope and hill trick sounds insane but if it worked, it worked, no need for a $200 battery charger.
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charles_coleman2d ago
@felixm29 that rope and hill story is gold lol. My dad once got his old Ford Ranger running by pouring diesel into a beer can and using a coat hanger to hold the carburetor butterfly open. Fired right up, drove it another two years before he finally scrapped it. People act like that kinda stuff is dangerous but half the time it's just common sense mixed with a little luck.
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