>>And staying away from home remodeling projects as much as possible <g>.
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>The next owner of your home may thank you. (And yes, you can tell that to the wife. <g> )
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>My dad was a do-it-yourself kinda guy. He basically rebuilt and rewired the entire house over the course of 20 years, moving things where he wanted them.
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>After his death, we'd sometimes call in an electrician for this or that who would look in the fuse box and say "You know, this isn't exactly up to code".
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>We'd all try really hard to look surprised, usually with no success.
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>Sometimes it's good to avoid home-improvement projects. <g>
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Electricians ALWAYS say that ;-(

The longest term owner of the house I lived in in Chicago was a Chicago cop who fancied himself a handyman. The only problem, which I discovered only gradually, was he screwed almost everything up. After we moved in some of the neighbors would say things like, "That Ronnie, he was always working around the house." He should have taken more days off....