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Re:We quit our jobs to build a cabin by Shebanator on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:37PM (#24054248)
And yet there is me, having to go to Home Depot 3 times for a simple job, and still managing to mess it up.
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Re:We quit our jobs to build a cabin by grogenaut on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:54PM (#24054899)
not sure if you've ever watched a crew work but one of the reasons for the cheap labor junior guy is to run to home depot.
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Re:We quit our jobs to build a cabin by no-s on Friday August 07, 2020 @07:43PM (#24087603)
>> but one of the reasons for the cheap labor junior guy is to run to home depot.

And then get the wrong stuff, which the contractor will make do anyway if there's even the remote possibly it will work. and so on. After a while and some $$$ wasted you will get a feel for what's reasonable and what's bogus.

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