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There's such a shortage it is crazy. Other folks I know who do similar work to me can not find people to work. No one has the skills. And if they do, they're stupidly lazy. I know folks who will say a guy's a good worker if he just shows up. It's so hard to find people. If you don't want a...

I think you hit the nail on the head right there. For quite a while in North America kids who go to trades programs rather than a four year university have been looked down on, and even considered not as smart because they're going to do "manual labour." This is absolute bullshit. I have more...

I hear you on all of this. I'm not suggesting it's bad to hire people. Nor am I trying to be dismissive or negative about folks who hire workers. Everyone has different ways of doing things, and that's grand. This all started because I found it really important to impart some of the knowledge of...

Mix. Bit of a pain in the ass, but both are good.

I do renovations, mostly of heritage homes. I have a lot of knowledge of "old methods" for this. I recreate original trim, and restore homes to their former glory. That and I always have a few projects going where I'm just flipping a house and show how to do things. People find them educational...

I hope they provide diapers for this ride.

I hear you, and I don't. I have all the trees cut back 100 feet from the house, so no overhang on the house, no trees falling into the house, no critters climbing trees and getting on the roof. However, other than that, my property is full, like crazy full, of trees. I deal with the leaves in...

I believe the term is Lego maniac. C'mon, man! If you're going to put labels on him at least get them right!