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Message: [QUOTE="and one, post: 4062627, member: 10475"] As a kid I don't ever remember picking up so much as a screwdriver. At 19 I ended up in the Air Force and was trained to fix aircraft instrument/avionic systems. At my first duty assignment I was issued a set is tools and was told to go over the list of what I was supposed to have been issued to be sure everything was there. I had to ask the supply guy to help me with that as I had no idea what a lot of those shiney tools were. Thankfully four years of troubleshooting and fixing airplanes gave me the skills to do a lot of DYI projects for the rest of my life. I know my limitations and call in the pros when needed but can hack my way through most of the everyday maintenance things that need doing. When I do hire someone I generally watch how they do the job; sometimes I learn that next time I can do it, sometimes I realize that what the pro can do in an hour would take me all day and come out worse. Most frustrating to me: when cutting wood or tile with angles or cutouts I tend to get it backwards. I know this, but try as I might I still tend to get it wrong. [/QUOTE]