"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 12:19:51 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:


I wonder about my choices until someone mentions their $200-a-month
cable bill or an auto body shop tells me the quarter-sized rust
repair
I made would have cost $800.


So you save about $9,300, not counting your time. Now try figuring
your time.

That's a little less than I got for my last raise. You're a Mensa
member, right? Think about what you could be making.

Or don't. It can make you cry. g

Seriously, we do these things because we want to, not because it
makes
a lot of financial sense.

And besides, when I cut out the old 2-in. cast iron drain pipes that
run down my wet wall, I had a great excuse to buy a new Milwaukee
Sawzall. What could be more fun than a new demolition toy?
--
Ed Huntress

The R&D business rises and falls with the economy. When I worked I put
in lots of overtime and let everything else go, in between I tried to
catch up. I've been retired for a few years and am still trying to
catch up.

My machining and computer "hobbies" were efforts to learn job-related
skills such as Windows administration. I post here to practice
technical writing. A lack of communication skills hindered my
advancement into engineering.
-jsw