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FireWorks:
--- Quote from: shades of grey on September 04, 2011, 10:44:36 AM ---We could all be accused of being students of the online university of snarkology.
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*nods wisely*
T.R.C.C.:
Left school with mostly D's and a few C's in my GCSE's. Followed my farther's footsteps in plumbing and I am qualified to NVQ levels 2 and 3. Now Gas Safe ( was CORGI*.) in domestic gas. i.e. house boilers, gas ovens, heaters ext. Just your average plumber.
*Council Of Registered Gas Installers.
Love listening to Snark, but it's a skill I just have'nt picked up.
Snowleopard:
I can't snark either T.R.C.C. and there's nothing wrong with being a skilled plumber.
I've come to the conclusion that everyone in the world has something at which they excel. It might be cleaning house, or organizing, or cooking, or fixing cars, or painting, or being a plumber - but they excel at it.
In the case of most politicians - it's producing hot air or BS but what can you do. ::)
Shecky:
--- Quote from: Snowleopard on September 06, 2011, 09:23:23 AM ---I can't snark either T.R.C.C. and there's nothing wrong with being a skilled plumber.
I've come to the conclusion that everyone in the world has something at which they excel. It might be cleaning house, or organizing, or cooking, or fixing cars, or painting, or being a plumber - but they excel at it.
In the case of most politicians - it's producing hot air or BS but what can you do. ::)
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"Nothing wrong"? Are you kidding? A skilled, honest plumber is someone you hang on to like grim death. Like "our" mechanic shop - there's an Aamco two towns over that my wife and I will ALWAYS bring our cars to, even if it means waiting a little longer or paying more than at the bottom-dollar mechanics. Because they always do good work and they always stand behind their work (in the very rare event that it turns out that some of their work turned out not to be the real problem or whatever). And they are always up-front and honest - they tell you exactly what's wrong, what your options are, what it'll take for each option, everything. They may not be the cheapest in town, but day in and day out, you get the absolute best value for your money. Not to mention they're just plain good folks; they've helped me and my friends out in ways that go above and beyond what an auto mechanic is supposed to do, and they're pleasant people to boot. For example, I ran into the front-desk guy in the supermarket the other day. We stood in the aisle and chatted like fishwives for a while, catching up on families and friends.
And THAT is a treasure. People who scorn "mere laborers" suffer from severe rectocranial inversion, because they're the folks who make it possible for everyone to live in civilized comfort. And if they're good people, too? Priceless folks to know, both in terms of service and of quality people.
MouseWynne:
Here, here! Well put Shecky!
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