Savvy 1 wrote:
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If you can do it yourself and do it safely, do it. If not call the
electrician. Of course you might have a handyman in your area that
could do it cheaper too. Electricians are expensive. I'd never pay
$45 for a dimmer that I can buy for $5 and install in 10 minutes or
less, but I can do the work myself. I just paid $140 to get a tooth
filled. To me that is outrageous for the filling material smaller
than the size of a grain of rice, and a shot of novacaine. It took
the dentist 15 minutes. I wish i could make $500 an hour, because I
know the materials are only a few dollars, but I am not a dentist and
I have no other choice in the matter. I can do 95% of my own home,
farm, and vehicle maintenance and repairs, but there are other things
I just can not do.



The dentist charged you 50 cents for the filling material, a quarter for the
novacaine and $139.25 for knowing where and how to drill.

S1


Not to mention, rent, insurance(s), equipment depreciation, phone and
power bills, maybe an office assistant.....As a small business owner I
can tell you fer sure that the list goes on and on, but I know Mark
wasn't being serious.

But Mark, can you really still do 95% of your vehicle repairs yourself?
If so, you're a better man than me.

I used to be able to do "everything", on cars, starting from the '50s,
but in the last 10-15 years the computers have done me in, I can't
afford to buy the diagnostic equipment for use on just a couple of cars,
and the way they cram stuff under the hood nowadays it sometimes takes
an engine lift just to do a simple job. I was really ****ed off when I
found out that the serpentine accessory drive belt on SWMBO's 1998 Olds
encircled one engine mount and I had to support the engine and
disconnect the engine mount so I could slip it through that gap. There
was NO easier way to do it. Bah!

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."