Re: home owner needs advice

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/31/2013 12:20 AM, Jim wrote:
> On Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:10:54 PM UTC-4, G. Morgan wrote:
>   I think we've all met him. Walking away politely of course. :-) --
>
> He gets around .... that guy. .... and sometimes you just can't be polite. They tend to waste your time, pick your brain, and you know damn well he's going to screw it up somewhere.
>
> It's the ol DIY syndrome. Some people think that they've got the ingenuity to do certain things and .... they like to do them too. So .... they take on the challange to learn about what ever it is that piques their interest. And ....that's ok ... if your fixing a lawnmower or your washing machine or whatever. But .... the security or your home and the welfare of your loved ones? You're reeally willing to risk the chance that you've forgotten or didn't learn about something that's vital and it doesn't work when and how it's supposed to and and someone gets hurt or dies???? Or you lose all your stuff when all it would have taken was a fraction of the value of what you've lost to have it done right. Amazing.
>
> What really gets me is the people who are all hyped up about security and fire in their home or home invasions and they want to know how to send the signal to the IPHONE!!!    JEEEEEZZZ.
>
> Well, .... they'er always gonna be out there. We'll meet him again, no doubt about it.
>

Take my diy car maintenance.

I have no idea what goes on under a hood but by looking at what I need
to change and how it's connected.  I'll change out an alternator or
stuff like that but I have never had the balls to tackle brakes - I try
to stay away from stuff that may prove fatal if I screw it up.

The service supervisor at a previous company used to use a phrase he
learned from a car mechanic - "I love guys to try to fix it themselves,
I make a lot more money off of them."