Rich Grise wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
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.

OK, you win. My sand was dry, but if it had been warm enough for mud
the pipes probably wouldn't have frozen. ;-)


No. I lost. I was sick for the next six months. I lost over 50
pounds and was so weak I could barely walk. I was fired for not showing
up for work while unconsious for five days with the flu. I lost 20 of
thosue pounds in that five days. I lost my home, and most of my
posessions as well.


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