Tony Duell wrote:
WHile paying somebody else to do it might well get you
quicker results
or not... Flanders and Swann 'The Gas Man Cometh' and its filk 'The DEC
Man Comet' spring to mind...), i don't think that provides any real
graticfication at all. I much prefer the sense of achivement that comes
from solving the problem and doing a proper job myself.
I think you've summed it up pretty well there.
It's more fun to learn how to do something, then do it, than it is to
give Joe Bloggs down the street a fiver to do it.
There are certain exceptions... if I needed some mechanical component
machining I'd probably look for a local machine shop and ask them (my
metalworking "skills" are sub-par at best -- I can drill holes in metal
equipment panels without damaging myself or my cheap little cordless
drill, but that's about it).
And as far as I'm concerned repairing things is a no-lose game -- I'll
either not be able to fix it (in which case I'm still in the same
situation I was at the start) or I'll fix it and finish up minus a few
spare parts, but ahead one working $ITEM...
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/