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Re:Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them fo... by yostrovs on Thursday February 06, 2020 @07:42AM (#22255564)
What about unhooking a toilet? Or installing a new kitchen faucet? Filling gasoline into your car is extremely dangerous too, which is why in Oregon and New Jersey trained professionals are the only ones allowed to perform the task.
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Re:Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them fo... by irrational on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:23PM (#22260485)
>trained professionals

Ha ha! Wait, you are joking right? I live in Oregon and they are about as trained professionals as the teenager working at McDonalds is a trained Michelin chef.

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Re:Undercover Cops Hired 118 Handymen, Then Arrested Them fo... by dzamie on Friday February 07, 2020 @08:49AM (#22265877)
Yes, they're using sarcasm to ridicule their parent comment's claim that someone hired to just unhook a toilet should legally NEED to be a licensed plumber, by comparing it to similarly low-skill tasks "needing" to be highly trained in case something goes wrong.
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