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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by baremetal on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:54PM (#34267334)
There is an old joke about a doctor who calls a plumber.

He gets the bill and says "That's outrageous, that's more than I make as a doctor".

The plumber replies "Yeah that's more than I made as a doctor too."

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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by maxerickson on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:27PM (#34270186)
The last time I called a plumber they ran a power snake about 60 feet down the sanitary line and cut out a pretty amazing chunk of tree roots (I called them because water had started to backup into my basement utility sink).

I was pretty happy to pay the 4 or 5 times what the day rental for machine would have been. Took em about 25 minutes.

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