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What was a friction or annoyance plaguing you that you finally resolved recently? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have two

figured out how to reformat an old hard drive that i needed the space to store new shows I wantef to have and was able to make room for so much stuff. It took way to long for me to sit down focused and walk thru a 5 minute youtube video explaining it and it paid off. I knew that was the solution all the while, just took a long time to buckle down and do it. I need to get more in that habit
Couldnt remember debit pin and its annoyed me for a long time when i needed to withdraw cash various times. Found a forum post saying the exact process in the banks app and had it sorted out in less than a minute. Itd been like 3 months I put up with that and its just not an issue anymore

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[–] Jimbabwe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In our guest house, whenever the laundry machine ran, half the lights would go out. It was due to the drain hose having a small leak. The water seeped down and shorted an outlet in the crawl space. So I had to:

fix the drain hose
replace the main water disconnect valve that randomly wore out and got stuck in the off position (learn about pex, buy and use a crimper tool)
replace some rotten wood
replace shorted outlet with GCFI
replace crawl space skirting I broke when investigating

Ah, good times. But now it’s all fixed. For now.

[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 4 points 1 day ago

It’s amazing how much a little home maintenance can improve daily life. Every time I fix something I wonder why I put it off so long.