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Return to the house after a long day on the 'back forty' doing what needed
to be done there. Switched on the........ (fill in the blank). Doesn't work. Now I am without.........(fill in the blank). Go to town next chance and replace that switch. Three weeks later - same frigging movie! This time take the damn thing apart top see what failed. Cheap switch but with a couple of hours of tinkering and backyard engineering it is fixed and WILL NOT FAIL AGAIN! *That* is why one fixes a two dollar switch. Regards. Ken. |
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In article , Ken Davey says...
This time take the damn thing apart top see what failed. Cheap switch but with a couple of hours of tinkering and backyard engineering it is fixed and WILL NOT FAIL AGAIN! *That* is why one fixes a two dollar switch. Better yet throw out the 39 cent switch (yep, that's about how much they cost to make, at the most) and put in a real switch. Most electrical stuff like this is cake to fix because it's always built with low-bidder parts. Change out the parts (switches and connectors, those are the ones that cause 90% of the failures) and it's most often good as new. That's one reason to fix stuff, you spend less money than buying something new, which would only exhibit the same fail mode after a year or two. My motto is build it to last. Phones: I have to admit that's a hobby. Nothing newer in the house than about 1930s vintage, some of them are a lot older than that. Kind of fun to re-build and great to see the faces of guests when they try to figure out how to use those things. Cars: The real issue with cars nowadays is diagnosing what's *really* wrong when something quits working. I don't mind paying a mechanic to use his lift and tools to do something like exhaust systems or brakes but I'd be nuts to pay a local mechanic sixy bucks an hour to diagnostics. That stuff I can do myself for free, and I think I'm just as good as they are. Plus I'm not tempted to play parts-swapper-outer just to say I did it. Work: everything is broken, all the time. Or so it seems. I think this is why they keep me working there, I can can fix stuff a *teeny* bit faster than it breaks! Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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jim wrote: friend who is a doctor said his dad was a mechanic and had his own shop/business. he said that he can thank his dad for being a doctor today as when he was a kid he worked in the shop and he was always given the crap jobs like cleaning something or taking it apart but he never would get to assemble something and get it working again..he did not ever get the satisfaction of fixing anything....and hated every minute that he was in that shop... What was he saying? A.If he'd been allowed to reassemble stuff he might have liked the job and eventually would have ended up running his dad's business? B. He just hated the whole repair job concept? If it's "B", I sure hope he didn't become a surgeon! G ************************************************** ************************* Which brings me to a related subject I've often thought about through the years: There are lots of guys (and a few ladies too I guess) who are really "good with their hands" and love fixing and building things almost more than anything else. How many of these guys get pushed into studying for and entering careers which never really satisfy their inner desires, because of pressure from family or maybe even girl friends? I can picture several upwardly mobile middle class urban families I've known recoiling in horror if their teen aged son son says he thinks it'd be great to spend his life as a repair guy working on (insert a mechanical or electrial system name here.) They'd probably tell him, "That's no life for someone as smart as you Johnny, and what kind of a girl is going to want to marry someone who does that anyway? Go to college so you can get a *good job* like your father, he's been an Assistant Manager down at the bank for the past ten years now. Don't you want to be a success like him?" Note that I said "urban family" because I've got a feeling things may be quite different further away from the big city rat races, but no first hand experience to confirm that. I'm tending to think that the reason it's so darn hard to find a competent and honorable repair person in urbania these days may be related to what I just wrote. Too many of the guys who have the smarts and natural integrity to be excellent in those jobs get scared away from them by people who tell them it would be "beneath them" to go into that field. I could be wrong about this, but I've got a feeling that the skills required to diagnose a complex problem in a mechanical or electronic system aren't much different than those a doctor needs to figure out what's wrong with his patient, but that it's much more socially acceptable in most circles to be a doctor than a mechanic. Comments? Jeff -- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "If you can smile when things are going wrong, you've thought of someone to blame it on." |
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"Pierre Bongo" wrote in message news:b3LXb.39032$yE5.139130@attbi_s54... snip snip ..Or maybe this is just obsessive-compulsive disorder that expresses itself in compulsive fixing and puttering...... 3/4 x 4" HR round $1.50 5/16 x 6" HR round $0.75 2 roll pins $0.85 1/2 x 20 nut $025 4 hours mill and lathe time (pure fun) Getting the other ROF (Retired Old Fart) to cogitate the design: Priceless! All this to pull 12mm bearings out of Old Delta tail centers for wood lathes so they could be repacked! Being at peace with ones self and having fun with those you like to putter with is worth far more than all the gold in Fort Knox. Dare I say your priorities may change later in life! ;) Dan (Eccentric by Nature) |
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How many of these guys get pushed into studying for and entering careers
which never really satisfy their inner desires, because of pressure from family or maybe even girl friends? I can picture several upwardly mobile middle class urban families I've known recoiling in horror if their teen aged son son says he thinks it'd be great to spend his life as a repair guy working on (insert a mechanical or electrial system name here.) They'd probably tell him, "That's no life for someone as smart as you Johnny, and what kind of a girl is going to want to marry someone who does that anyway? Go to college so you can get a *good job* like your father, he's been an Assistant Manager down at the bank for the past ten years now. Don't you want to be a success like him?" Comments? Yep, I'll give you some comments from a kid's side. Parents can make life pretty miserable if they have higher dreams for you than what you want. I'm at a technical college right now and get reminded weekly that I should go back to a *real college* and finish my engineering degree. I get the whole deal, it's beneath you, you can do so much better, etc. It's clear that my parents would rather have a electrical engineer that they could brag up rather than an electrician who likes what he is doing. It's kind of funny because they love it when I can wire their house for free and yet they do not see it as an acceptable career. Nate -- http://www.NateTechnologies.net:8000 |
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"Nate Weber" wrote in message ... Yep, I'll give you some comments from a kid's side. Parents can make life pretty miserable if they have higher dreams for you than what you want. I'm at a technical college right now and get reminded weekly that I should go back to a *real college* and finish my engineering degree. I get the whole deal, it's beneath you, you can do so much better, etc. It's clear that my parents would rather have a electrical engineer that they could brag up rather than an electrician who likes what he is doing. It's kind of funny because they love it when I can wire their house for free and yet they do not see it as an acceptable career. Do what makes you happy... The licensed trades are one of the better long-term career choices these days anyway. |
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I would recommend going to the " real college " if you are able to get
reasonable grades and not be miserable going there. You can still become an electrician when you graduate. But you will have more options, and later in life you may want to do something else. I graduated from a " real college " , but still built my own house ( except for contracting the basement, septic, and drywall ). Since you complain about the pressure from your parents, I wonder if you live at home while going to the technical college. There is a lot to be said for going off to school. Dan "Nate Weber" wrote in message Yep, I'll give you some comments from a kid's side. Parents can make life pretty miserable if they have higher dreams for you than what you want. I'm at a technical college right now and get reminded weekly that I should go back to a *real college* and finish my engineering degree. I get the whole deal, it's beneath you, you can do so much better, etc. It's clear that my parents would rather have a electrical engineer that they could brag up rather than an electrician who likes what he is doing. It's kind of funny because they love it when I can wire their house for free and yet they do not see it as an acceptable career. Nate |
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Mike
If you live in California and that Trans Am hasnt been registered for a while its gonna cost about 600 bucks to get it past the DMV. A friend of mine is always hangin on to old cars that he will someday fix up. In fact I have his 84 Vette sitting in my driveway while he figures out how to get the thing registered and smogged. I just buy decent used cars and drive them till they drop, which is usually about 4 years. If I want something nice for a few days I just rent. |
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:11:10 GMT, Gunner
wrote: I just checked on getting my wifes 82 Volvo reregistered. Tags expired in 2000. Its been parked on the property since then. Back registration and penalties is $283. They make you pay for every year its not been registered, even if it was sitting in a wrecking yard with the engine out and the wheels off. Same rule in AZ, and probably most states - If you're not driving it, then you're supposed to turn in the plates so that you don't end up paying for back registration and penalties.... I coulda' told you that in 2000. Last week I coulda' told you that it's a bad idea to drop things on your toes. So just remember... I'm always here for you. :-) Thank YOU Arnold!!! now if he could do something about the bull**** back registration fees..... I thought you were a fan of personal responsibility? Best thing Arnold could do for you now (and I'm sure you'd agree with this if it was someone else doing the complaining), is kick you in the ass for trying to blame the waste of 300 bucks on "bull**** fees". Next best thing would be to advise you to trade that old Volvo for something more useful... like a salad shooter. :-) Wayne |
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Gunner wrote: Back registration and penalties is $283. They make you pay for every year its not been registered, even if it was sitting in a wrecking yard with the engine out and the wheels off. I got stuck with a $64 ticket because I forgot to get new tags for several years. Since I saved $60 for the 2.5 years I didn't have tags I figure the ticket only cost $4. If I had gotten past 3 yrs I would have turned a profit. Then of course I have to pay the $85 to have it smogged..... Never heard of that, we don't have that in TN. No vehicle inspections either, Just send the $25 in the mail and get new tags. -- free men own guns - slaves don't www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5357/ |
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Gunner wrote: Registration fees are supposed to be used for road usage. If the thing is parked off public property..why the hell do they mandate it be registered? It doesnt need to be registered to use on private property, so why do they require retroactive taxation? In TN I have more than one vehicle legally unregistered; I drive it on my farm as a farm vehicle and (almost) never on the road. No tax, no registration, no insurance. -- free men own guns - slaves don't www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5357/ |
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:07:22 GMT, Gunner
wrote: Ya should have been there to catch it. Humph! My catches are limited, and I'm guessing that you smoke. So I have to save my 'coulda'-told-you predications for when you report that it's tough to smoke while wearing a canula. Registration fees are supposed to be used for road usage. If the thing is parked off public property..why the hell do they mandate it be registered? They don't. http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffvr01.htm?/a Looks like there's a box to be checked on your renewal form if the vehicle is parked or in broke-down mode. They lern you to read the form in private school. Your only legitimate beef as far as I can tell is that the box should be checked by default on all old Volvo applications. Now I know that you're going to complain about the $15 fee for not driving the car.... that's so that when your neighbor kid is playing yuppy and swallows one of your fuzzy dice, they can figure out who to sue by looking up the VIN. It doesnt need to be registered to use on private property, so why do they require retroactive taxation? If it was only ever used on private property, then it wouldn't need an expired plate, or no proof of insurance. Requiring the back fees ensures that next time you don't use the car, you won't bother not re-registering it. Revenue generation, pure and simple. Like a speed trap with a 1mph over limit and uncalibrated radar/lidar guns. And that is bull****. You should head down to the DMV and give them a little talkin' to. Complain that somebody should have told you about the rule. Don't forget to tell them that you're their boss, and that they couldn't get a job in private industry. They never get enough of that stuff. Better yet, register the www.dmvsucks.com domain, and put together a web site with lots of porn ads. As far as the Volvo goes..they are not a bad car, once you replace all the "environmentally correct" wiring that they used in those years..which turned to dust inside the wiring harnesses. Years ago a friend asked to use my shop for a couple days work on his wife's Volvo. You know how a pearl is formed around a grain of sand? Apparently old Volvos are formed around windshield wiper pivot shafts. He had the entire dashboard in a million pieces. The work took even longer than he figured because every hour or so he had to take a break to insult the car. Wayne |
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dann mann wrote:
Mike If you live in California and that Trans Am hasnt been registered for a while its gonna cost about 600 bucks to get it past the DMV. snipped If I want something nice for a few days I just rent. My twice divorced cousin Morty currently applies that same principle to his relationships with women. G Jeff -- Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) "My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying." |
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dann mann wrote:
Mike If you live in California and that Trans Am hasnt been registered for a while its gonna cost about 600 bucks to get it past the DMV. A friend of mine is always hangin on to old cars that he will someday fix up. In fact I have his 84 Vette sitting in my driveway while he figures out how to get the thing registered and smogged. I just buy decent used cars and drive them till they drop, which is usually about 4 years. If I want something nice for a few days I just rent. I'm outside Philadelphia, PA. The T/A passed inspection/emissions with flying colors (anything bad was barely readable - I must've done something right) and it only raised my insurance $20 a month for full coverage. Plus since it's now over 25 years old, I only have to get it inspected, no emissions checks necessary anymore. Live in Cali? Yea, right. Over here might not be perfect, but I find it better than if I were to try and wrap my brain around some of the "decisions" I keep hearing about. I'll just stick here with our hot, humid summers and our cold, wet winters because it's home and I'm used to it. - Mike |
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:07:22 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking, Gunner
was alleged to have written: Registration fees are supposed to be used for road usage. If the thing is parked off public property..why the hell do they mandate it be registered? It doesnt need to be registered to use on private property, so why do they require retroactive taxation? They don't. It's only about $5/year to file planned non-operation registration on it. Of course you do have to do that ahead of time, or they have no way of knowing that you did not just ignore the expired registration while continuing to drive it. The only thing retroactive is that you are trying to retroactively say that you are not driving it. Whether you are going to drive it on public roads or not, you are supposed to do the paperwork beforehand. |
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:27:15 GMT, wrote:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:07:22 GMT, Gunner wrote: Ya should have been there to catch it. Humph! My catches are limited, and I'm guessing that you smoke. So I have to save my 'coulda'-told-you predications for when you report that it's tough to smoke while wearing a canula. Time will tell. No family history of such problems..and they all smoked and all lived to be a pain in the ass to their great great grand children. Registration fees are supposed to be used for road usage. If the thing is parked off public property..why the hell do they mandate it be registered? They don't. http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffvr01.htm?/a Looks like there's a box to be checked on your renewal form if the vehicle is parked or in broke-down mode. They lern you to read the form in private school. Your only legitimate beef as far as I can tell is that the box should be checked by default on all old Volvo applications. Now I know that you're going to complain about the $15 fee for not driving the car.... that's so that when your neighbor kid is playing yuppy and swallows one of your fuzzy dice, they can figure out who to sue by looking up the VIN. So its simply a lower amount of taxation for having your car up on blocks. Btw..I didnt have control of that vehicle for much of that time, nor was my addy on the registration forms. It doesnt need to be registered to use on private property, so why do they require retroactive taxation? If it was only ever used on private property, then it wouldn't need an expired plate, or no proof of insurance. Requiring the back fees ensures that next time you don't use the car, you won't bother not re-registering it. Yup..so its a requirement to pay them money no matter if its used or on. Revenue generation, pure and simple. Like a speed trap with a 1mph over limit and uncalibrated radar/lidar guns. And that is bull****. You should head down to the DMV and give them a little talkin' to. Complain that somebody should have told you about the rule. Don't forget to tell them that you're their boss, and that they couldn't get a job in private industry. They never get enough of that stuff. Better yet, register the www.dmvsucks.com domain, and put together a web site with lots of porn ads. Right. And this works really well in California, the land that never found a revenue source it didnt like. As far as the Volvo goes..they are not a bad car, once you replace all the "environmentally correct" wiring that they used in those years..which turned to dust inside the wiring harnesses. Years ago a friend asked to use my shop for a couple days work on his wife's Volvo. You know how a pearl is formed around a grain of sand? Apparently old Volvos are formed around windshield wiper pivot shafts. He had the entire dashboard in a million pieces. The work took even longer than he figured because every hour or so he had to take a break to insult the car. Wayne ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Been there..doing that. Gunner "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas |
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:16:37 GMT, David Harmon
wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:07:22 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking, Gunner was alleged to have written: Registration fees are supposed to be used for road usage. If the thing is parked off public property..why the hell do they mandate it be registered? It doesnt need to be registered to use on private property, so why do they require retroactive taxation? They don't. It's only about $5/year to file planned non-operation registration on it. Of course you do have to do that ahead of time, or they have no way of knowing that you did not just ignore the expired registration while continuing to drive it. The only thing retroactive is that you are trying to retroactively say that you are not driving it. Whether you are going to drive it on public roads or not, you are supposed to do the paperwork beforehand. So then they are going on the assumption that you are guilty of breaking the law by driving on the highway without current registration, and that the police are incompetent. Correct? Gunner "To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas |
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David Harmon wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 02:07:22 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking, Gunner was alleged to have written: Registration fees are supposed to be used for road usage. If the thing is parked off public property..why the hell do they mandate it be registered? It doesnt need to be registered to use on private property, so why do they require retroactive taxation? They don't. It's only about $5/year to file planned non-operation registration on it. Of course you do have to do that ahead of time, or they have no way of knowing that you did not just ignore the expired registration while continuing to drive it. The only thing retroactive is that you are trying to retroactively say that you are not driving it. Whether you are going to drive it on public roads or not, you are supposed to do the paperwork beforehand. That's probably the most specious argument I've ever heard. Not only do you not need a drivers license for driving on your own property, but you don't need to register a vehicle that isn't used. The proof of that is that if you simply stop registering a car, nothing happens; the past fees and penalties only happen when you reregister it. If they applied that silly argument to a person who has a concealed carry license and a person let it lapse for several years and then reapplied, they would fine him and require license fees for the years he missed. It could be applied to any annual feee requirement, but in most cases it would be immediately recognized as insane. For example, one can argue that a person had a knife and could have used it so he is quilty of assault with a knife. Or apply it to anything where a person has an opportunity, exercised or not. "Well, you could have made $100,000 last year, so pay up $20,000 in taxes. Just plain stupid. |
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Sue wrote:
If the 300% registration increase had gone into effect...the registration alone would have been nearly twice the value of the car. Thank YOU Arnold!!! Yes, thank you Arnold!! I received a check today for $113.21. I did not expect this at all as I didn't realize I'd paid the higher fee. Duh. They even included interest!! Such sports. Sue - thinking about what to do with this windfall. You will need my mailing address, I'm certain. I will send it by email. Oh, unless you wish to drop it by.... michael |
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"George E. Cawthon" wrote:
That's probably the most specious argument I've ever heard. ... Just plain stupid. OH, NO!! You mean the legislature and/or DMV did something irrational??!!? God help us. What's this country coming to? 8-0 Bob |
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:16:38 -0800, michael
wrote: Sue wrote: If the 300% registration increase had gone into effect...the registration alone would have been nearly twice the value of the car. Thank YOU Arnold!!! Yes, thank you Arnold!! I received a check today for $113.21. I did not expect this at all as I didn't realize I'd paid the higher fee. Duh. They even included interest!! Such sports. Sue - thinking about what to do with this windfall. You will need my mailing address, I'm certain. I will send it by email. Oh, unless you wish to drop it by.... LOL. Sigh. I think I'll just pay extra on a credit card. Not much fun in that. Sue michael |
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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:11:57 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking, Gunner
was alleged to have written: So then they are going on the assumption that you are guilty of breaking the law by driving on the highway without current registration, and that the police are incompetent. Correct? Yeah, basically. But note that they don't care **** about whether you are breaking the law or not. They don't want to charge you with a crime; they just want the money. Which is what "registration" is about anyway. The main point is to defend yourself from them up front, which is real easy in this particular case, so you won't end up whining and crying about a few hundred dollars afterwards. Do you complain about having to learn to shoot because criminals are so unfair? |
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Sue wrote:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:16:38 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: If the 300% registration increase had gone into effect...the registration alone would have been nearly twice the value of the car. Thank YOU Arnold!!! Yes, thank you Arnold!! I received a check today for $113.21. I did not expect this at all as I didn't realize I'd paid the higher fee. Duh. They even included interest!! Such sports. Sue - thinking about what to do with this windfall. You will need my mailing address, I'm certain. I will send it by email. Oh, unless you wish to drop it by.... LOL. Sigh. I think I'll just pay extra on a credit card. Not much fun in that. Sue michael Geez, I am now regarded as less fun than a credit card! Sad, I think in some ways that makes sense. Only *some* though. mj |
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:09:16 -0800, michael
wrote: Sue wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:16:38 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: If the 300% registration increase had gone into effect...the registration alone would have been nearly twice the value of the car. Thank YOU Arnold!!! Yes, thank you Arnold!! I received a check today for $113.21. I did not expect this at all as I didn't realize I'd paid the higher fee. Duh. They even included interest!! Such sports. Sue - thinking about what to do with this windfall. You will need my mailing address, I'm certain. I will send it by email. Oh, unless you wish to drop it by.... LOL. Sigh. I think I'll just pay extra on a credit card. Not much fun in that. Sue michael Geez, I am now regarded as less fun than a credit card! Sad, I think in some ways that makes sense. Only *some* though. LOL. Only would have been more fun for you if I had my 29 year old easy-on-the-eyes daughter drop it by. G Sue mj |
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Sue wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:09:16 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:16:38 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: If the 300% registration increase had gone into effect...the registration alone would have been nearly twice the value of the car. Thank YOU Arnold!!! Yes, thank you Arnold!! I received a check today for $113.21. I did not expect this at all as I didn't realize I'd paid the higher fee. Duh. They even included interest!! Such sports. Sue - thinking about what to do with this windfall. You will need my mailing address, I'm certain. I will send it by email. Oh, unless you wish to drop it by.... LOL. Sigh. I think I'll just pay extra on a credit card. Not much fun in that. Sue michael Geez, I am now regarded as less fun than a credit card! Sad, I think in some ways that makes sense. Only *some* though. LOL. Only would have been more fun for you if I had my 29 year old easy-on-the-eyes daughter drop it by. G Sue mj Like I said, you'll need my address. Don't need to bother with the check, shall I wait up? michael |
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:48:25 -0800, michael
wrote: Sue wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:09:16 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:16:38 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: If the 300% registration increase had gone into effect...the registration alone would have been nearly twice the value of the car. Thank YOU Arnold!!! Yes, thank you Arnold!! I received a check today for $113.21. I did not expect this at all as I didn't realize I'd paid the higher fee. Duh. They even included interest!! Such sports. Sue - thinking about what to do with this windfall. You will need my mailing address, I'm certain. I will send it by email. Oh, unless you wish to drop it by.... LOL. Sigh. I think I'll just pay extra on a credit card. Not much fun in that. Sue michael Geez, I am now regarded as less fun than a credit card! Sad, I think in some ways that makes sense. Only *some* though. LOL. Only would have been more fun for you if I had my 29 year old easy-on-the-eyes daughter drop it by. G Sue mj Like I said, you'll need my address. Don't need to bother with the check, shall I wait up? Chuckle. Michael, you are too funny. You can go to bed now. Sue - still chuckling michael |
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The EE's can now be outsourced to Bangalore for a lot less money. You can't
outsource the electrician putting the panel in your new house! "Nate Weber" wrote in message ... How many of these guys get pushed into studying for and entering careers which never really satisfy their inner desires, because of pressure from family or maybe even girl friends? I can picture several upwardly mobile middle class urban families I've known recoiling in horror if their teen aged son son says he thinks it'd be great to spend his life as a repair guy working on (insert a mechanical or electrial system name here.) They'd probably tell him, "That's no life for someone as smart as you Johnny, and what kind of a girl is going to want to marry someone who does that anyway? Go to college so you can get a *good job* like your father, he's been an Assistant Manager down at the bank for the past ten years now. Don't you want to be a success like him?" Comments? Yep, I'll give you some comments from a kid's side. Parents can make life pretty miserable if they have higher dreams for you than what you want. I'm at a technical college right now and get reminded weekly that I should go back to a *real college* and finish my engineering degree. I get the whole deal, it's beneath you, you can do so much better, etc. It's clear that my parents would rather have a electrical engineer that they could brag up rather than an electrician who likes what he is doing. It's kind of funny because they love it when I can wire their house for free and yet they do not see it as an acceptable career. Nate -- http://www.NateTechnologies.net:8000 |
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Sue wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:48:25 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:09:16 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:16:38 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: If the 300% registration increase had gone into effect...the registration alone would have been nearly twice the value of the car. Thank YOU Arnold!!! Yes, thank you Arnold!! I received a check today for $113.21. I did not expect this at all as I didn't realize I'd paid the higher fee. Duh. They even included interest!! Such sports. Sue - thinking about what to do with this windfall. You will need my mailing address, I'm certain. I will send it by email. Oh, unless you wish to drop it by.... LOL. Sigh. I think I'll just pay extra on a credit card. Not much fun in that. Sue michael Geez, I am now regarded as less fun than a credit card! Sad, I think in some ways that makes sense. Only *some* though. LOL. Only would have been more fun for you if I had my 29 year old easy-on-the-eyes daughter drop it by. G Sue mj Like I said, you'll need my address. Don't need to bother with the check, shall I wait up? Chuckle. Michael, you are too funny. You can go to bed now. Sue - still chuckling michael Glad I could help you laugh. I have these flashes of comedic brilliance at times. Sorta like where Robin Williams firing off like a "joke machine gun". Except I'm more akin to a scatter gun, point & pray. Laughter is good medicine, preventive and curative. mj |
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:45:24 GMT, "Alan Raisanen" wrote:
The EE's can now be outsourced to Bangalore for a lot less money. You can't outsource the electrician putting the panel in your new house! Right. You have to depend on the illegals to do that. Gary |
being cheap and fixing stuff????
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:56:31 -0800, michael
wrote: Sue wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:48:25 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:09:16 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:16:38 -0800, michael wrote: Sue wrote: If the 300% registration increase had gone into effect...the registration alone would have been nearly twice the value of the car. Thank YOU Arnold!!! Yes, thank you Arnold!! I received a check today for $113.21. I did not expect this at all as I didn't realize I'd paid the higher fee. Duh. They even included interest!! Such sports. Sue - thinking about what to do with this windfall. You will need my mailing address, I'm certain. I will send it by email. Oh, unless you wish to drop it by.... LOL. Sigh. I think I'll just pay extra on a credit card. Not much fun in that. Sue michael Geez, I am now regarded as less fun than a credit card! Sad, I think in some ways that makes sense. Only *some* though. LOL. Only would have been more fun for you if I had my 29 year old easy-on-the-eyes daughter drop it by. G Sue mj Like I said, you'll need my address. Don't need to bother with the check, shall I wait up? Chuckle. Michael, you are too funny. You can go to bed now. Sue - still chuckling michael Glad I could help you laugh. I have these flashes of comedic brilliance at times. Sorta like where Robin Williams firing off like a "joke machine gun". Except I'm more akin to a scatter gun, point & pray. Laughter is good medicine, preventive and curative. I *love* to laugh!! Thanks. Sue mj |
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