She's the head of a legal non-profit to my recollection. She knows her rights and the handyman's rights under the law; she knows what the correct restrictions should be on the police powers. She knows that she can represent those rights and (breathlessly) exercise white privilege for good here (balancing her position as a wealthy white woman against the implicit coercive powers of the police).

I have to say I was a fan.

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Very interesting rant, but I truly hope it was written tongue-in-cheek. The comments bring up one of the central holes in the criticism of school subjects' "uselessness", namely "how does one find out whether one likes/is good at this or that?" Moreover, school democratises (or should democratise) knowledge. Thus, a kid growing up in an uneducated household raised on Jerry Springer and Cartoon Network might discover a love for literature, or physics, etc. via good teaching during the obligatory cursus, and follow an otherwise unlikely career path.

The problem with the US system, for the little I know of it, is that it tailors to the lowest common denominator instead of offering diverse pathways of education/career. I don't want to sound patriotic or anything, but I think the system here in Switzerland is not too shabby (although there is plenty of room for improvement). What the wiki article fails to articulate is that in the last three years of obligatory school (13/14-15/16yo) the different sections tailor to different skills, eg home economics and handyman crafts for the "low level" section, and Latin/Greek and advanced math for the "high level" section.

One of my first cars was a hand-me-down Toyota Camry that my parents bought close to the first year they were made. I remember that before it became my car, it broke its timing chain causing it to be dead in the water and required a tow to fix. I don't think that caused any collateral damage when it happened, it just died. Seems like that is likely to mean that it wasn't an "interference engine"?

It seems like having a non-"interfering" engine would be a very desirable thing, to limit the potential damage caused by a broken timing belt/chain. Why isn't that standard design? Takes up too much physical space? I remember when the hood of a car used to have a whole lot of cubic area of air/empty space inside, and now it seems like everything is designed to jam pack in there and fill it to the brim. Or is there some other major engineering or design challenge that makes that difficult/impossible?

Not to sound like a viral ad, but that early Toyota Camry served me real well. My family got 220,000 miles out of it before a CV joint died that it wasn't trivial to find a replacement for. We ended up handing it over to a junkyard at that point since we couldn't track down the part. A local Mexican handyman bought it from the junkyard and either found the part or homebrewed some other solution, and for all I know it could well still be running and up into the 300k+ miles.

the 70% tax bracket we had for super rich before the reagan admin served several purposes. One was that it forced them to re-invest profits rather than taking them. and that created jobs. now they build $50 million dollar homes in bel air. but they still create jobs... gardener, butler, handyman, pool boy, maid...etc.

Ha! We certainly don't see you around here enough..

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This is so much easier than getting a wrench, unscrewing two joints, and simply emptying the pipe's contents into a bucket!

Now all I have to do is hop in the car, drive to a hardware store, buy a wet/dry shop vac, come back home, steal someone's pantyhose (I hate that word and I hate their existence, for the record), and voila! So easy! Thanks handyman douchebag.

"In this case it's a wet/dry shop vac, but any vacuum cleaner, I would imagine, will do."

No it won't. Do not do that. There's a reason "wet/dry" is part of the name. If you drop your wedding ring down the drain and whip out your Hoover, you're going to be in for a very sad time.

>> ^handmethekeysyou:
Now all I have to do is hop in the car, drive to a hardware store, buy a wet/dry shop vac, come back home, steal someone's pantyhose (I hate that word and I hate their existence, for the record), and voila! So easy! Thanks handyman douchebag.


I agree with your dislike for pantyhose, as well. For instance, these two scenarios involving an attempt at roleplay during an average day after work:

"Take off yer pantyhose, lady."
"No way, pervert!"
"I hate it when you call me a pervert, honey."

"Drop yer panties, lady."
"Okay, sir!"
"Yeah, I like when you call me sir."

In one scenario, the woman (your wife, girlfriend, or secretary) is coming home from work (or is at work if it's your secretary) and doesn't want to mess around. Pantyhose is for work, not play.

In the second scenario, the woman is in a more casual state, wearing panties, rather than the full hose, and will enjoy it if you tell her to drop them.

However, there is one additional scenario (the best one, imo):

"Drop yer panties, baby."
"I don't have any panties to drop."
"Oh, snap!"

This is my own justification for disliking pantyhose and in return disliking the word itself.

Pantyhose: bad
Panties: good
No panties: excellent

This is so much easier than getting a wrench, unscrewing two joints, and simply emptying the pipe's contents into a bucket!

Now all I have to do is hop in the car, drive to a hardware store, buy a wet/dry shop vac, come back home, steal someone's pantyhose (I hate that word and I hate their existence, for the record), and voila! So easy! Thanks handyman douchebag.

"In this case it's a wet/dry shop vac, but any vacuum cleaner, I would imagine, will do."

No it won't. Do not do that. There's a reason "wet/dry" is part of the name. If you drop your wedding ring down the drain and whip out your Hoover, you're going to be in for a very sad time.

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By "handyman's secret weapon" you mean duct tape, of course.

A dumb blond decides that she needs some extra money, so decides to offer her services as a handyman around town. She goes door to door, asking if there's any extra work that needs to be done. She approaches a very expensive house, which has an expansive porch that circles the front of the house. She knocks on the door and is promptly greeted by a man.

"Hi, I need some extra money and wanted to know if there's any extra work that you need done around the place," she says, as she twiddles her pigtails.

"Well, yeah...," he says, smiling. "Do you know how to paint?"

"I sure do!" she responds bubbly.

"Well, I'll tell you what. If you can paint my porch, I'll give you $10. There's paint and paintbrushes in the garage."

"Ok, sir! I'm on it!" and she bounces away.

The man's wife had been overhearing the conversation and berates him. "Are you kidding me? Does she even know how long that porch is?? That's unfair to take advantage of her like that."

"I know it," he says, smiling fiendishly.

Twenty minutes later, the door bell rings. The man answers the door, and there's the blond, covered in paint. "Well, I'm all done!" she says. But he sees nary a drop of paint on the porch.

"Sorry it took me so long," she continues. "I had trouble getting into the corners. Oh, and by the way, that's not a Porsche, it's a Ferrari."

I think Handyman and Captain Planet qualify.