"Nathan" wrote in message
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Joe,

I never said that you guys should be living in the poorhouse. But I know
most contractors have good times and bad times, there is never a steady
flow of work. I have had to hire people to fix things before. I once
paid some plumber $1000 for a job that he finished in a hour and only paid
$50 for parts. That gives him a wage of $950 an hour. Add in his time to
drive there and the next job, that still puts his wage at $500 an hour.
One job like that a week and that guy is set.


Translation: You hired the wrong guy. And by the way, I'm not a contractor.
Some restaurants squirt a cute border of sauce around a plate and charge $28
for the entree. Others charge $14.95 for the exact same dish, without the
squiggle and the waiters pretending they're from Paris. You don't whine
about the expensive restaurant because you picked it out.