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>>2976054
go back to pol.

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>>2976054
All the fucking time. Shit man, I had to take a break from cleaning my oven or I was gonna punch a hole in it. It is electric. The bottom heating element was held in place with two screws and rested on three little feet which kept it off the bottom of the unit. I removed it to clean it and the bottom of the oven. I immediately knew this was going to be a problem. It was wired into the unit using two spade connectors that just slipped off as I pulled the element away from the oven wall. There was no slack in their wiring at all. I read the service manual, watched videos, and read online forum posts. All of them said this element should be replaceable without having to pull the unit away from the wall and take the covers off. But some shitlord at the factory had used wires that were too fucking short, which made this impossible. I spent a fucking hour fishing the wires out of the back of the unit, pulling on them like a gorilla, and anchoring them in place with some vice grips so that they wouldn't fall back into the unit while I attached the element just to get it working again. Not wanting to ever have to do this again, I later pulled the unit, took it apart, removed the old wires, found a local electrical place that had the same kind of spade connectors, and made a new wiring setup myself that was 4 inches longer. Waste of my god damn time.

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>>2976058

OP here... I forgot to mention I'm trans.

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>>2976054
Nah. The biggest thing is having the right tools and parts. And knowing when to spend the money to have the tools and spare parts so you save a headache. Also don’t start critical projects on a Sunday afternoon. The rest I call “learning experiences”

Actually I think I did get pissed during one job. I worked a 14hr shift at the day job and then had a lady’s Honda with the 2.4L that needed a starter, and that engine required the whole intake manifold to come off to get the starter. And she had an oil and power steering leak prior to that, so when I tried to slip extensions in from the bottom and attempt to get it without pulling 1/3 of the engine apart, I almost lost it when an oily extension and socket disappeared on me. I regained my cool about 30min later and started over on the top of the engine.

>>2976054
My dream is to marry a racist white woman.

>>2976054
Absolutely. I can have a really bad temper with that when something that should be simple ends up being a total pain in the ass. Like just trying to put in one screw but it strips and the its taking me like thirty minute to put in one faggot outlet because the last fuck used 3 inch screws for no reason and they're all bent some how and the heads are flatheads and everything. Fortunately im often completely alone so i can swear all i want and chuck tools across the room. But if im not im able to reign it in and just mutter quietly.
I only had one customer mention it once when i was try to anchor something to concrete and bits were breaking and tapcons were breaking and it took like and hour to put in two straps. I didn't think she could hear me say fucking cunt a hundred times.

>>2976062
thank you for your service.

I'm trying to see the context for where "oh, fart nigger" could possibly make sense.

>>2976054
>rehab addict
>its about fixing houses
Screw this im gonna rewatch Intervention.

>>2976150
from a thread over in /tv/ she apparently says 'fart nugget' a lot. She also fixes up houses in detroit. the years of pent up racism finally poked through

>>2976160
I fucking love that show. The heroin addicted twins is probably my favorite episode.

>>2976161
Yeah, it was probably just the way it came out, seems like an accident.
She genuinely seems like a nice lady, but apparently the show is 15 years old already, and it’s probably time to hang up the hammer anyway.

I'm pretty much jaded to the point that I expect a "quick 15 minute job" to turn into an all day ordeal every fucking time and am generally surprised and delighted when it doesn't.

>>2976063
You're always helping people out

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>>2976185
I get paid. And it saves them money. That same lady with the Honda ended up putting one of those plastic drain snakes through the bottom of a corroded trap in her sink yesterday. She said “I’d rather pay you than a plumber” so I went over there and found a fucked trap and broken drain, ran to Ace Hardware for parts, made $200 and was out of there within an hour and a half.

She wants a whole new sink but I don’t want to get into more plumbing with that corroded stuff and shutoffs that don’t shut off.

>>2976054
Every singly project does and I tell myself I will never do one again. Then I start another the following week. Also I still can't believe we as a society are acting like niggers are sacred and their feelings must be preserved.

>>2976161
So she misspoke, essentially? What a retarded article to write.

>>2976054
i am currently performing surgery on my ingrown toenail and it is very frustrating

>>2976209
Please tell me she gives you a blowie as a tip

>>2976054
Move into my first house that I got for relatively cheap because leaky airduct caused mold build and part of ceiling to collapse in laundry room.

Buy all the tools and follow all the directions to patch ceiling. Spackling won't stick. Tape wouldn't stick either. Punch several holes into laundry room door.

House projects never get me too riled up, but wrenching on my rusty shitbox has me seeing red every single time.

>>2976260
She’s damn near 80.

But I do have numerous women in their 50s or 60s that want me. I can’t quite figure it out. One of them has a fine ass daughter who lives in another state and they’re on facetime and the 55 year old lady (who I would prob accept a BJ from) puts the phone up to my face like “Isn’t he cute?” And the fine daughter giggles and agrees. And as the daughter is sitting next to her boyfriend, I told her “boyfriends are like goalies, they just make it a little bit harder to score” she agrees once again.

I’ll take the money for now. I think I’m going to buy a new drill today,

>>2976063
>that engine required the whole intake manifold to come off to get the starter
LOL. All it takes is removing a bracket from the bottom, 3-12mm bolts.

>>2976282
unsubscribe

>>2976286
If you say so. All I know is I’ve done this more than once on Hondas with the 2.4L, a couple of Accords and the Element, and everybody but you seems to agree you have to go from the top except for one guy who claimed it was possible to hit it with the perfect mix of extensions and chinese child sized hands on the Element and it wasn’t worth the frustration going that route.

>>2976291
Thx for listening!

>>2976209

you're miserable but

shutoffs that dont shut off all the way are not that big of deal. doesnt leak when hooked up and open?
undo the soft water line with something under the leaky one to catch the water and then thread a brand new shutoff valve on the leaky old one. open the old one back up, you should now have your old valve open and not leaking, and the new one is your shutoff thats watertight.

when you finish your work, throw your catch thing under the valve, close the old one, pull your new shutoff to take with you for next time, throw the water line on her fucked on and open it up.

i wasnt taught that, but i cant be the only one that worked in fucked rentals and can think

>>2976350
It’s not just that. I could easily shut the water off outside, I did it when I stuck a new cartridge in her shower a couple months ago. It’s mostly that every project there turns into something more. A simple hanging something becomes a pain when the wood has been termite’d and I need to cut piece of a board off to block it in. Or her leaky garbage disposal turns into me staining wood because I need to repair part of her cabinets. I can do the job if she really wants it done but I told her that old plumbing becomes a pain with these repairs.

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>>2976057
>go back to pol.

>>2976175
This. I’ve resigned myself to my fate wrenching away on this endless shitheap. It doesn’t matter when a project ends or begins anymore

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>>2976063
Offered to do a starter in one of these as a favor to a cute girl. Immediately regretted it. Also did not get dick sucked

>>2977405
cars, carpentry and computers. never do for free, make women pay for it.

>>2977405
KWAB

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>>2976291
Dude the one who is hot for a mid-50s lady has her real hot 27 year old daughter coming into town this weekend! And the mom told me last night “be careful or I’m going to end up being your mother in law!”

>tfw management not having realistic expectations on job length is gonna make me lose my cool

>>2976054
>Do DIY projects ever make you lose your cool?
LOL
Yes, when I catch myself yelling racial slurs at myself or equipment, I know it is time to take a little break.

>>2976063
>>2976286
Apparently a few models with that engine, you can do the ol' "one-handed in the dark" and just sort of reach blind from below to get the starter out. I watched a handful of videos years ago, when I had to change one, but couldn't find anyone doing it on an 09 CRV. I had limited tools at the time, which probably didn't help, but I gave it a go on my mom's CRV before giving up on that route and taking out the intake manifold too. Upside of that was finding out how fucked up the heater pipe was. Took care of that the following week when the part showed up.

>>2976175
>>2977379
It's honestly not a horrible outlook if you avoid attaching any negativity to it. Just a "hope for the best, prepare for the worst" mentality. My biggest hang-up is the wave of doubt that sometimes washes over when something seems to have gone suspiciously too easily.

>>2976209
>I get paid.
How do you figure out how to value your work and time? I'm pushing middle age and still struggle with it. Any time I pop a lock, change a tire or jump a vehicle I end up trying like hell to refuse any payment. I know it's not remotely the same as an agreed-upon service but I feel scummy taking money from someone who was already in a shit situation.

>>2977789
I might have been able to do “one handed in the dark” if I had chinese ant person hands and the car hadn’t been spinning power steering fluid around the engine bay for a couple years, but it was too frustrating. Spending 2hrs taking apart the upper part of the engine was less frustrating than trying to find the disappeared greasy extension for 45min.

>>2977451
>tfw another mid-50s lady who is in love with me is getting too touchy and I don’t know whether I should tell her to cut it out or ask for a blowjob
Straight up started giving me a back scratch? And my phone was sitting on my lap and she’s like “what time is it?” And nearly grabs my junk goin for my phone. And then related to this “blind hole the dark”… she comments on how big my hands are.

>>2976054
>Do DIY projects ever make you lose your cool?
Yes. I hate it when I have to nigger-rig something.

>>2976057
This is an American site and dropping a hard r is American culture. Deal with it.

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>>2976246
But that's her career gone.
Everyone present could've just kept quiet about it, pretend not to hear it, delete the recordings of it, but instead this is what happens.

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>>2976054
yes. if i'm troubleshooting a circuit with chatgpt, or doing anything technical with chatgpt in general. it'll keep going on tangents, switching workflows, changing approach entirely, give contradictory advice, make factual mistakes, all while repeating "Got it!" or "You were right to call me out on that one".
I find that one youtube video from a pro is worth 45 minutes of back and forth with an ai bot.

>>2977801
I'm less bothered if it's my own shit, at least when dicking around and prototyping. If I don't fix it right, and a kludge fucks me later, it's my own fault and I'm the only one to suffer for it. Also there's something satisfying about field repairs, making do in a pinch. What I hate is half-assing anything for other people. I hate being asked by can-kicking, renter-brained friends or relatives to essentially squeeze the half-empty tube of Colgate they already had on hand into a hole and hang a picture over it, instead of spending maybe $30 on some mud, paint and a patch.

Also the ones that take no interest. There's something wrong with people who aren't curious about anything or don't enjoy learning new things or skills. If I'm dropping a couple hundred of my own money and doing a repair as a favor, and you don't have anything else going on, at least have the courtesy to feign interest, pass tools and shoot the shit for a few.

When I replaced the control board for my neighbor's pool heater, she ran out and bought herself a multimeter the next day to have in the future. I bet she read the instruction booklet and watched some videos too. She did say she'd still be calling me first, but she paid attention and watched while I just swapped things over wire-for-wire. Cool lady. More people should be like her.

>>2978170
I think it's the same problem as a pure democracy. The idiot's input is equal to the expert's, and there's more idiots than experts for any given question. Sure LLMs manage to be relevant but you're more likely to get an answer built from the countless morons replying on reddit than one from that video's transcript.

>>2978170
I kinda stopped using it.
It hallucinates a lot, i know it , it knows it and still gives bullshit answer.
For general information lookup is better than google but for problem solving we are better off without it.

>>2978170
Man, don't use that trash. All It's good for is lying to you and fucking shit up.

>>2978058
who cares she made bank before all that nonsense shes fine

>>2976057
>>2976060
Ok everyone gets it you don't like the thread