Wish I could find a "guy" who could do even the most simple work correctly and charged my hourly rate or less. Particularly for manual labor or jobs at the top of a 40ft ladder.

If I can get $150 for changing out a flapper, I'm now "the guy."

My dad is the guy and he’s turning 84. I call him when there is work to be done. With him, the job isn’t done until everything is swept up, cleaned up and put away and I can always count on him to show up.

I'm "the guy" 99% of the time. Hopefully down the road people don't look at my stuff and say "not that guy" again.

I'm also "the guy" for a lot of my mothers friends. They're all good people but the most basic home care tasks are beyond them.

The problem that I've always had is finding "THE guy" and not just "some guy that thinks he's 'THE guy', but isn't even close." That's why I was always "the guy" when I owned a home.

Yep. To find the right guy is the challenge.

Being "the guy" justifies major tool purchases. ;)

I bet "The Guy" can't shoot 79, and that makes you "Da Man"! SmileWavy

I can't do what I used to, but do what I have to. Current project is a transmission on the camry.

A couple of weeks back, my so's daughter, hubby and kids came from Fla. to visit. He left on Thursday evening, drove 15 hours with all the stuff to put a/c in our house. We didn't have squat, no ducts, electricity, nada. I watched as "The Man" did his magic. Then he drove back home 5 days later.

I can't even get into the attic.

That was my take away as well!

A neighbor had ripped both ends of the rubber front air dam off his newish Cayman so that both ends drooped, like a sad mustache. He tried super glue and JB Weld, making a huge mess. He was going to take it to the dealer and for $200 in labor and $140 new air dam he was going to have it fixed.

All I did was look underneath and see how it was held together, sent him to the hardware store for two nylon push-pins, cleaned all the glue & gorp and put it together for him. Cost, $4.00 for the pins. Ten minutes.

I am the man!

Some folks have a knack for seeing things and being able to take action without fear.

I do most of the work around here, but there isn't enough time for all of it. I hired "the guy" to install our pool. I hired another "the guy" to put the doors in my barn.

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I only have an inside view of the sliding doors on my barn. They sucked.

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I hired "they guy" to put two 14' overhead doors and a service door in my barn. I could have done it. The only tool I didn't have was a nibbler to cut the steel siding. But I was busy remodeling the kitchen.