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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 14, 2020 16:54:46 GMT
There's a lot to admire in that. I'd love to be able to build my own house for example- the sense of pride would be enormous. At the same time, if I can afford to get someone to do it professionally, I will. We are slowly refurbishing our house and I know that my own efforts at decorating etc just would not be up to the standards of a tradesperson. Their own abilities have shot up in the last two decades, so that the standards of finish are exceptional. ⁰ When we owned our house at some point I just didn't want to spend my weekends fixing stuff or maintaining stuff and would selectively play people to do things. Once, I hired a handyman to fix some kitchen sink piping and he gave me some long explanation of what he wanted to do. I looked at it, sent him on his way and did myself, much simpler.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 14, 2020 16:58:07 GMT
It is nice to see some traditional roles, broken with the child care, cleaning and cooking. Auto mechanics have dropped as cars are seen as too complex, yet some things have gotten dramatically simpler, like tune ups (just change out wires and plugs, no more calibration with strobe, carburetor adjustments, etc., We had a strobe growing up to tune up the car and time belts.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2020 17:10:17 GMT
Once, I hired a handyman to fix some kitchen sink piping and he gave me some long explanation of what he wanted to do. I looked at it, sent him on his way and did myself, much simpler. How many houses have you lived in?
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Post by sloopjohnc on Dec 14, 2020 17:21:01 GMT
Once, I hired a handyman to fix some kitchen sink piping and he gave me some long explanation of what he wanted to do. I looked at it, sent him on his way and did myself, much simpler. How many houses have you lived in? Family home until 18. College dorms Place in San Francisco, in the Haight, going to SF State University Three or four apartments and houses with friends, single in my 20s Apartment and cabin with my girlfriend and then wife House in Fremont we owned, or bank owned My dad's house when he was Alzheimer's Apartment I live in now My house in Oregon, starting in April
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Dec 14, 2020 18:20:24 GMT
One of my father's rules was 'No job is finished until you have cleaned up the workplace and put your tools away'. Think our fathers might have got on. My dad was the same way with another rule: Never return a tool in worse shape than you borrowed it. Whenever I walk into Lowe's or Home Depot and see all the beautiful tools and how inexpensive they have become I always think of my grandfather and how those Craftsmans were treated like gold and each new addition was a big deal.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Dec 14, 2020 18:22:05 GMT
One of my father's rules was 'No job is finished until you have cleaned up and put your tool away'.
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