[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos manual labor? Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by DougM [Email] (#211) [Profile/Gallery] (more from DougM) on Thu, 1 Jul 2004 19:57:34 In Reply to: Way OT: Hourly rate for manual labor..., James D, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:14:26 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

With your 20 years of schooling are you too good to get your hands dirty? Then pay someone with a "skill" to do it for you. Try to plumb a house and tell me no skill is invloved. Make sure everything is up to recent codes too!...which require seminars, certifications, and more schooling down the line....not to mention other peoples "crap" you are dealing with.........

My father was a plumber for 45 years, worked for the same company the whole time. He worked mostly industrial type work, but both of his knees have been replaced since he retired....I had him to some work for me recently and he can't move like he did when he was 30.

He's paying for it now, but he raised 5 kids and put them all through college. I admire the man, cause he never had a problem towing an old Saab home for me to restore...or take one to a show.

Don't critize a man until you walked a mile in his shoes.....then when you are a mile away, you will have his shoes....but will you be any more knowledgeable?

Can you solder a pipe so it doesn't leak? I just had to replace walls and a downstairs shower in my rental because of a joint that dripped for years...thousands of dollars of damage...and maybe an hour of work for a "skilled" plumber to fix, before the damage occured. hmmm...could have had a plumber fix it 5 years ago for $100, but now it's costing $2000 to fix.....

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• Way OT: Hourly rate for manual labor..., James D, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:14:26
  • Re: Way OT: Hourly rate for manual labor..., Willy, Sun, 4 Jul 2004 22:36:51
  • Plumber at home is my idol (he drives a Porsche 911)..., SpiderSaab, Fri, 2 Jul 2004 16:43:32
  • Didn't go to college to make more than a plumber..., McTeague, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:57:58
  • manual labor?, DougM , Thu, 1 Jul 2004 19:57:34 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: The price of doing business, BobS, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 19:40:47
  • this is why I do everything myself, TML , Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:08:51
    • I do most stuff myself..., Bob M, Fri, 2 Jul 2004 04:31:44
      • Same here. Knowing your threshold of pain..., Noel, Fri, 2 Jul 2004 06:16:36
  • Re: in future they will be assured of jobs..., baggsly , Thu, 1 Jul 2004 15:34:49
  • Re: Way OT: Hourly rate for manual labor..., steveC, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:06:41
    • I'm a little appalled at your ignorance, AnnieG, Fri, 2 Jul 2004 09:56:59
      • He just needs a reality check and is getting one..., Noel, Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:24:47
  • Supply/Demand, Pa Taket, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:43:56
  • Skilled trades ALWAYS made good money...., LesH, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:56:04
    • Re: Skilled trades ALWAYS made good money...., Razl, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:32:13
      • Corporate Marketing Hell..., Scott Paterson , Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:37:50
        • Been there, done that, have several t-shirts..., Noel, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 15:54:46
      • go do something you LOVE instead..., James D, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:39:05
        • Re: go do something you LOVE instead..., RS , Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:26:11
    • This is the way the world works, Noel, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:16:24
      • I absolutely agree..., James D, Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:34:42

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