Just call "the guy"
 

I am getting older by the day, but I still think I can do lots of stuff around the house. I'm 68. My wife wanted our half bath redone with a new sink, New colors, New faucets. So I said sure, I can do that. WRONG. I did'nt realize that a new countertop would be such a PIA. Got all the stuff, tools, caulk, fittings, and dove right in. The faucets were a pain, my back was in pain, and my words were in pain. It was a complete cluster duck. Finally I said screw this, I'm going golfing. Wife said ,I'll call the guy. You know the guy, he's the one that gets things done. The guy. Well I got home after shooting a 79, first time out, and "the guy" was just leaving. God, I love "the guy". Do any of you think it's time to call " the guy".

I've been calling "the guy" for the past three years.

I own igotaguy.com.

Wanna buy it?

I'm never going to get to call the guy. I am the guy.

And I'm at oddjobfix@xxx

but I never was the 'guy'.

I always call "the guy(s)". Saves a lot of headaches.

At 76 I'm still the guy, but I'm lucky I don't have many large projects to do. I actually consider myself lucky to be able to do what I do. Where I notice a difference is with things like digging, mixing, carrying weighty stuff up ladders, etc. Oh, and I notice a huge difference in my interest in jumping on new projects.

I'm too proud to call "the guy". Just keep going... (I'm 54)

If I ever need someone to cut the lawn I'll sell everything and move into and apartment.

At 66, I am still the guy. That could change at any time. Sometimes the guy is really hurting at the end of the day but I do not give up without a fight.

This. And I’m too damn picky to let someone else do it. We paid someone to redo our landscaping and I’ve pestered them to death with making them fix small details.

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!

Not me, I'm still the guy.

GF gets "the guy" in to do some things on her rentals because she wants it "done right."

They ALWAYS make an arse of a job, or an OK job, but it's phenomenally expensive.

If you can pay to have someone finish what you started, and can do the things you enjoy in your life, I think that is pretty great at any age.

You sir, are winning.

I haven't had to call the guy yet. I make my wife do it.

She did call the guy yesterday after i pulled apart her laptop that wouldn't boot and couldn't fix it.

I'm 54, and have had other health issues that limit my mobility. Over the Winter, I tore our downstairs bath all the way down to the studs, moved one wall, new plumbing, drains, electrical, vanity, faucets, shower surround, and mirror. The bathroom is almost finished, but just needs some trim, and other small stuff. I can't count the number of days that I was too sore to work. During this time, I am still working full time, burning firewood exclusively, built an Ebike, dug out an outdoor water line, went on a 2 week vacation, and battled a upper resporitory infection.

I'm getting to the point where I will call the guy, instead of doing it all myself.

We’ve had two days of sunny, warmish weather and I’ve been out taking care of things that needed attention after the long winter. Spent all of Tuesday afternoon on top of a 20 foot ladder after cutting and stacking wood all morning. Wednesday morning I cleaned up the floor in the back of my VW and prepped it for paint and lubed and changed the oil and filters on my neighbor’s mower. I picked up winterfall under the trees for a while. I had a lot more on my agenda for the day, but by then I was in so much pain I finally said, “screw it.” Standing on that ladder, bending and twisting getting in and out of that car two dozen times, crawling around under that mower was too much for this old carcass. I retreated to the hot tub and a couple of rounds of Schmirnoff pain killer.
My brain is setting an agenda my joints and muscles can’t keep.
I may have to call the guy. I hate it.

Wisdom is knowing when to call "the Guy".
I have, over the years I have had a few projects which got into areas where even I knew I was about to go in over my head. Fortunately, I now some guys.
I do not mess with 240 volt. (Well hardly ever)
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Les

The problem is , will the "guy" do the job the way I want it done? So, still for 95% of the time I am still the "guy". BTW I am 63½.

The good is I have a bunch of "guys" working for me and I can designate a "guy" to do the labor while I direct.

The other problem is, my mind writes checks that me body can't cash any longer. It is becoming more and more frustrating that I can't do as much as I used to. :(

Strup: I enjoyed reading your post. I, too, am 68 and although mentally I think I still can do things, my body tells me otherwise. Even the simplest thing is more of a challenge to me: my eye sight isn't the same and my fingers just aren't as nibble anymore.

I need to replace the clutch on my VW and a work colleague offered to come to my house to help me replace it. "We can do this over some pizza and beers", he says. I told him, " I appreciate the offer but I'm going to get this done by "the guy". I want to save your back and mine. We can go out for pizza and beer when I pick the car up from the repair shop.

I'm still the "guy", as we speak i"m replacing my boat dock. It's 50 feet long and 8 feet wide. I have replace the entire support section and now working on the the top "walking" section. I should be done by noon today.

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.