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> On Friday, September 18, 2020 at 8:34:11 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
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>> Sqwertz wrote:
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>> > On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:05:31 -0700 (PDT),
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Friday, September 18, 2020 at 4:56:58 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>> >>>
>> >> Well, I'm not mechanically inclined like that so I'd be picking up the
>> >> phone
>> >> and calling the repairman.
>> >
>> > **** that. I learned how to fix my sticking front door from 32
>> > years of gravity a couple months ago (by bending the top hinge).
>> > Right after that somebody asked on Nextdoor.com for a handyman to
>> > fix it for them and I offered and did it in 10 minutes for $5 (I'm
>> > cheap). Since then I've fixed 28 front doors in my neighborhood of
>> > 900 homes for $5/pop + tips (about $300). I think that's fair
>> > considering I book them a street at a time and do 10 a day all
>> > within walking distance.
>> >
>> > A professional repairman would charge you $125-$150 for that same
>> > service.
>> >
>> > -sw
>> >

>> Sounds like a wonderful profession. Next we know you'll be on PBS.
>>

> HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There used to be a show on PBS
> entitled "Hometime." If the copyright for that title has expired maybe
> Steve
> can snag that for his show!


Is that the one with "Wally", whose wife was always yelling at him as he
buffooned around? If so, we saw it being filmed live at the Home Show. Was
too funny.