"Tim S" wrote in message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8260233.stm

"B&Q owner Kingfisher has seen its half-year profits increase by more than
a
third, saying it was benefiting from a "renewed consumer interest" in
DIY."

If the claim is correct, I sense a small amount of hope for humanity.
Could
the general trend of people becoming more helpless be reversing?

I don't think it's a case of being helpless, but more a case of being able
to pay, so they do (and then using the time saved for something else).

I do far less diy than I used to, I now pay a man to do things for me that I
used to do myself.

tim