Not to be whineypants, but when I mention to friends/acquaintances that I replaced the brakes on my car they back away from me like I have some contagious disease. Just gets worse when I mention the plumbing and drywall work that I do. Apparently, these are not the type of things that a 50+ year old white collar professional is supposed to do. I suppose I could start to look for new friends...
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Ok this just pissed me off!
I'm a 52 year old Professional engineer (Ok until 6weeks ago I was a....., but then I retired). I am KNOWN as the guy that can fix ANYTHING (I let them believe that) but I have and still do...
Built two high performance full sized airplanes from scratch
Flown above in instrument conditions (clouds) into major airports and flown in aerobatic competitions
Taught aerobatics
Rebuilt numerous cars, including painting, electrics, engine/transmission rebuilds.
Doubled the size of our house and re-modelled the old part.. Did EVERYTHING except pour the concrete and build kitchen cabinets
Rebuilt a tractor
Did I mention I took the FE (EIT) and PE exams 25 years after I left school?
"Not the type of things" my ass!....:)
Frank
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I love it! I am also the guy who can fix anything, but apparently my coworkers think that fixing things is something that one "hires people" for. I don't get it, never have. But that may be my blue collar roots. You never hired anyone to do a job until you had so thoroughly bungled it that you had no choice. And you had also gone through all of the cousins living in the area who just MIGHT have that skill set.