Rich Grise wrote:

DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2010-11-15, Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Nov 15, 2:02 am, Don Foreman wrote:
....
Some things that -are- still repairable are usually replaced. Who has
recut a faucet seat, changed a CPU or rebuilt a carburetor or starter
motor?
[ ... ]
That's a list of repairs that someone thought I was crazy to do
myself, instead of buying new as they would have. I figured you guys
might have had the same experience.

They *already* think that I'm crazy, so they don't bother
mentioning specific examples. :-)

I've never had anybody explicitly call me crazy for fixing my own stuff, but
when the pipes under my mobile home froze and split, I had to be crazy
to fix them! (about 18" high crawlspace, on sand.)


Try 14 inches below the floor joists in mud in January, in Ohio.
While recovering from the flu.


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