.. spin on a new old safety razor ?

[krw]

Yep! I do that whenever I need to clean out a trap. I leave it in a pan, below, so I know where it came from.

[Clare Snyder]

ANd NEVER close the wall after a plumbing repair for at least a week!!! I've been "retired" from "wrenching" since 1989 - but doing my own has saved me 10s of thousands of dollars over the ensuing years - allowing me to drive lower cost used vehicles without paying for expensive repairs. I could NEVER afford to drive old vehicles like my

25 year old pickup if I didn't do my own repairs - and owning new vehicles and trading every 3 years would have cost me close to (likely well over) a hundred grand between myself and the wife - not counting the kids (who buy their own cars but have depended on dear old Dad to keep them on the road) I also do all my own electrical and plumbing maintenance and repairs (I DID pay an electrician to do the panel changeover a few years back for permit/inspection reasons - not that I couldn't do it- and to have the furnace replaced back in 03) but I replaced the AC, water heater, water softener (after having rebuilt it twice in 30 years) and I still mow my lawn with a mower built in '61 (rebuilt several times) and I did my own hardwood flooring, tiling etc.

Like I told my good wifr last week after putting the engine back into the truck after fixing a "minor oil leak" I can still do pretty much what I could fo in my forties - I just pay for it (in pain) for a bit longer - - -

[Leon]

;~)

Before he learned the hard way I think he went bankrupt. I came up with a very successful strategy for getting out of debt and staying out of debt about 34 years ago. I mentioned it to several close relatives and a few friends and my boss. Yes the boss that I have been speaking about in this thread. All but one took my advice and all became debt free relatively quickly, except for one neighbor.

Anyway, my son watched and learned how my wife and I handled finances. Turns out he too has a knack for numbers and on his own listened to Dave Ramsey religiously when he was 19. Hey DAD! this guy on the radio proposes handling debt and finances just like you and mom have been doing. We put our plan in place before my son was born. My son had his masters and CPA exams behind him just before his 23 birthday. He has been debt free including his home since he was 27.