On 12/13/2013 04:09 PM, Irreverent Maximus wrote:

"philo " wrote in message
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Well, most of the people I repair computers for have very little money
so if I charge at all, it's typically just $25.

Only once did I get a job for a very wealthy business man but since it
went over 5 hours, I gave them a 20% discount.

Nothing wrong with that. I suspect that you have a love of what you are
doing, too. I had a love of what I did, but my body did not. Well, with
the exception of the last year and a half with one employer. That was all
TS&R. Once my employer wanted me to wear multiple hats again (be a one man
work crew), I went elsewhere. My body no longer liked digging trench,
laying
out/lifting heavy things, pretty much entire projects, all by myself.

It felt good to wake up in the morning and not feel like I had been
rolled down
a hill in a barrel full of rocks. I do, however, have an urge to
further my
PLC skills and work in a pure motor control environment. Nothing like
toting
a laptop instead of all the other crap. That, and my wallet might stop
bitching
at me. :-)




I was in the industrial battery business for 38 years...the large ones
found in fork lift trucks. Two years ago my knees went and had to get
them replaced. I am glad to be retired now.

Although even after the knees were replaced they are not as good as
new...my back sure feels a lot better now.

I have been sort of forced to learn how to repair laptops now...as
towers and desktops are not as prevalent as they once were.

I look at laptops more as watch repair though.