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Just realized my grandpa's tool shed taught me more than any class

Went through my grandpa's old tool shed last weekend after he passed. Found a 1963 fix-it manual for washing machines with his notes scribbled in the margins. He'd written "check belt tension first, always" on like 15 different pages. That little detail hit me harder than I expected. Has anyone else found something like that from an older relative?
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the_kai
the_kai1d ago
Grandpa's notes are just his opinion. Washing machine belts don't last 60 years. Technology changes. Those old repair tips get romanticized because he's gone now. A new machine has computer boards not pulleys.
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jason752
jason7521d ago
My buddy found his dad's notes on car starters and it saved him $400 at a shop.
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