On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:25:15 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
news
On 07 Jun 2004 15:59:45 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:
If the economy is at rock bottom, unemployment is sky high, and no one
can
find
work because Bush has personally sent all the jobs, including
manufacturing,
to
India, then how can "...more work than they can handle..." be true?
John H
'Cause when life is the ****z you gotta flush more often?.... :-)
I wasn't talking about plumbers. But, if the situation is as bad as many
say,
then it would seem like "Porta Jons" would be the business to be in. Hell,
I
can't even afford a plumber and my wife still has a job!
I had a plumber to my house for a "$49 minimum" house call. (As a dentist, I
charge $45 for an exam...and I have a lot higher overhead thanks to CDC and
OSHA regulations). Anyhow...he said I needed a new toilet. $250-300 for
the toilet and $250 to install it. $250 to install a toilet?!?!? It takes
a 1/2 hour, and the cost of supplies is less than $10. I paid him the $49
and showed him the door.
I bought a snake, removed the toilet, snaked the drain, and my old toilet
works fine now. Cost? Less than $30 for one wax rim and a Wal-Mart toilet
snake...and $49 paid to one crooked plumber to misdiagnose my problem.
Who was the plumber? New toilets can be had at Home Depot for around $50-75.
John H
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!