Re: OT: ***Whine*** -long

LOL I own an excavator. 1997 Case 570.
Was well worth the 17K.

saavik wrote:
> DH would have liked to do it himself, but some jobs are too big for
> one person and need specialized equipment. For example, we had to do
> a fair amount of deconstruction first: dig out the new basement, pour
> a foundation, pour a cement floor, do the floor, roof and framing for
> the new addition(s), wiring and plumbing, cut a new door in the
> existing cement foundation. We also needed to tear out an outside
> wall and replace it with steel beams and posts. The things DH likes
> to do come after all that, and while he knows how to do the rough
> construction, he's enjoys the inside work more. Besides, he has a
> business to run that requires his personal attention.
>
> But yeah, overall it's better to do it yourself, or at least as much
> of it as is practical.
>
> Margo
>
> Cripple wrote:
>
>> "fran" <fmc116@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1138627567.866620.112830@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> I know what you mean about the contractors! I've wailed and moaned
>>> here long enough about them, so I'm in complete sympathy for your
>>> exhaustion at having to live in chaos much longer than you ever
>>> dreamed you would.
>>
>> This may explain why SNL and myself find it much easier to do the
>> work yourself than to bother dealing with a contractor.
>> Beside saving ourselves a bunch of money, We save ourselves a bunch
>> of stress.
>>
>> So it is probably a wash, on the effects on our bodies. The pain
>> from doing it ourselves vs. the pain caused by the stress created by
>> having to deal with a contractor and his subs.
>>
>> Thus, those that hire contractors opposed to do it yourselfers is we
>> both suffer from the job that need to be done, but we also save
>> ourselves a bunch of money and we get the satisfaction of doing the
>> work ourself.
>>
>> I hope this is as clear to you as it is to me
>>
>> Ed


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