I was quite fortunate enough to have a great teacher in the industry. Long before I got my certification I was what my good friend and I call a service “helper” which is basically the sidekick and assistant to an HVAC tech. My Uncle Sam…
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I am in my early 30s, but I have no children or family, and have been “in between” boyfriends for about six months. This means that I am usually stuck with a lot of the extra work that comes up with the local contractor. All…
Living down south is not for wimps. It takes a man made of sterner stuff to survive in the swamp-filled southeastern corner of the nation, then for example, consider the bug population for a moment. In this area my good friend and I have wasps,…
The ceiling in my new spare room collapsed last week, and I’m looking at an immense bill to get it fixed up again. Part of myself and others wants to just tack up some plastic sheets and not stress about repairing the ceiling, however, a…
Working with a large deep fat fryer in the back room comes with a lot of drawbacks. I would never have a single of these things in a home, because they cause such a mess and generate a brutal smell. At work I have no…
I never chose to become a handyman, I sort of fell into it. I grew up in a poor family, and my parents taught myself and my siblings how to get the most out of everything we had. My good friend and I never threw…