On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:52:54 GMT, Mike <snorlaxward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> It seems like
>anything that you want someone to do for you, for some outrageous cost
>($100/hr for a mechanic or a plumber?),
No $hit. When did plumbing and electrical work become equivalent in
value to a doctor who maintains people *lives*, not a freaking toilet?
> usually leaves you with NO
>confidence that they are doing any better job than you could do yourself
>with a little research.
In most cases true. There are a few craftsmen out there. Most are,
unfortunately, hacks and cheats. I know way too many plumbers and
electricians with three houses, multiple cars, fat retirement accounts
and who take six vacations a year. It's freaking obscene.
>This has led me to do just about everything
>myself, from home wiring and plumbing to computer repair. I have
>impossibly high standards: I want things done right. Not mostly right,
>but, well, RIGHT. Correctly. And precious few people of any profession
>are willing to take the time to do that these days.
You got that right. If I hire someone to do a job, I end up spending
more of my own time to fix what they screwed up doing it...or I end up
with the job failing early.
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