Just call "the guy"

[fintstone]

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.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Gogar

The guy is good for some things.

Ms gogar called the guy and paid the guy $150 to change the toilet flapper while gogar was out of town.

So there’s a time and place for everything, and knowing the time is the skill.

Congrats on knowing the proper time!

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

[mepstein]

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.

[911 Rod]

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.

[sc_rufctr]

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.

[masraum]

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.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by masraum

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.

[craigster59]

Being "the guy" justifies major tool purchases.

[mattdavis11]

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

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.

[MMiller]

Originally Posted by mattdavis11

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

That was my take away as well!

[smadsen]

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.

[wdfifteen]

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.



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





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.