Besides cars what do other people fix?

[nathan]

heh 450,
that was one of the best replies yet! commiserations mate!
however, now you have room for only 2 handbrakes in the garage, and not 3!

[Big_Richard]

Not much of a handy-man. I did try to repair my marriage. Bombed out on that one...
At least I have both carspaces in the garage to myself now. 

The best cure for breakup blues to to buy additional mercedes cars

I should have about 50 by now but just the one keeps me busy enough 

Judging by nathans collection, he should be on his 500'th wife by now

[nathan]

just dont tell the other 499 wives about the other one!

[jpstuckey]

This thread really hits home for me, as it touches upon my personal pet theory concerning the recent backsliding of civilization.  I fix Volvos for a living, and anything in my personal life that needs it, or at least give it a good try.  I am appalled at the lack of knowledge that the general public has in how things work.  It seems as though the interest or ability to fix things is not only not valued, but actually disdained by most people.  I put this down to lack of curiosity, which to me is the same as lack of intelligence, no matter the individual's success in one specialized field.  Successfully diagnosing and repairing machinery, far from being banal or demeaning,  builds valuable skills in abstract and organized thought and implementation of the basic Scientific Method.  In the US at least, I think that this deterioration started after WWII when much of the populace moved away from farming and into the urban environment.  To survive as a farmer, one had to have some degree of mastery in machine repair and maintenance, construction, hydraulics, electrics, not to mention that uncommon commodity "common sense".  Now everyone is a specialist, with no ability to generalize or transfer skills.  I much prefer the company of people who can actually do something (like the contributors to this list, obviously).

OK, rant over

John

[450SE_melbourne]

heh 450,
that was one of the best replies yet! commiserations mate!
however, now you have room for only 2 handbrakes in the garage, and not 3!

Thanks - but in the end, it was for the best. 
I have been looking into my backyard for a little while now, working out if, how & what the best approach for additional car storage could be. Land space restrictions around inner Melbourne make it a little difficult to gain the third garage space.
First option is to dig down & install a 'stacker' style unit. Messy & expensive - especially given the sandy soil in my location & the fact that I'm about five feet above sea level...
I'm fortunate to have a 'larger' block of land, but in order to build the extra garage car space, I'd have to lose the inground spa - an asset to the house & myself, whichout which, would drastically reduce the chances of meeting a new future ex. 

[Big_Richard]

I'm fortunate to have a 'larger' block of land, but in order to build the extra garage car space, I'd have to lose the inground spa - an asset to the house & myself, whichout which, would drastically reduce the chances of meeting a new future ex. 

Ah yes, don't ever get rid of that spa, women love them, and if they dont, its just because someone hasnt shown them why they should   

[s class]

.............. I am appalled at the lack of knowledge that the general public has in how things work.  It seems as though the interest or ability to fix things is not only not valued, but actually disdained by most people...........
John

I'm a consulting engineer during the week, and over weekends I fix other peoples old benzes.  I've turned it into a little business, which is welcome as I need the cash to assist with my family's medical bills etc.  So while I spend my weekends constructively, my contemporaries sit around drinking beer, and THEY are the ones that look down on ME as being second rate, covered in grease etc.  Really quite sad.  
And just incase they think I'm wasting my time, the surplus funds from my car endeavors is paying for my trip to Finland.  So they can go suck on that. 

Oh, and BTW, I actually enjoy working on the cars, learning all the time. 

[Big_Richard]

i prefer field working with tools & a laptop also, and doing something different and being somewhere different everyday.

occasionally i do in house training which requires me to sit at a desk in front of a computer all day and that drives me insane. I couldn't think of anything more boring or depressing to do all day everyday, but sit there and watch my backside grow wider, yuck.

[Nutz]

I repair reef.

[s class]

That must have had limited opportunities in Alaska?

[Big_Richard]

I shall be experiencing the fly in fly out mining expeirience next week, will be interesting to see if i like it. I somehow doubt that im man enough to do it full time, I dont like getting my hands dirty or working in dirty environments - thats sure to go down real well.

[carl888]

Vintage audio equipment (valve) from the 1950's and 1960's equals my car passion, also watches and for most of this year, a home renovation, and alarmingly I can say I have not had one tradesperson in the place, yet lol.  So I can't confess in print what I've done...

Also handy with timber and metalwork, electronics, the usual back shed stuff.  Average painter though.

Nor working atm, so a bit of time to get back into projects.  Last girlfriend wanted me to sell a car to put towards a bigger place so end of that, hahahahahahaha.

Regards,

Carl.

[s class]

Last girlfriend wanted me to sell a car to put towards a bigger place so end of that, hahahahahahaha.

I'm glad to hear that.  Selling a car because of someone else is something that leads to a lot of regret. 

[carl888]

Last girlfriend wanted me to sell a car to put towards a bigger place so end of that, hahahahahahaha.

I'm glad to hear that.  Selling a car because of someone else is something that leads to a lot of regret. 

haha, yes, thanks s class.  Of course, all my female friends said I was an ****hole, my male friends, said, "Good for you."

Here is a pic, I still have the one in the background hahahahahahah.  Of course, I celebrated the end of the relationship by purchsing the W116.  What a wise decision that was!   

[carl888]

Hmmm, something up with pics maybe, i'll try again: