Dan proclaimed, I want to create something that I can touch and feel and know that it is there because I made it be there. Well Dan, I had two babies without drugs, breast fed them and the whole nine yards and it wasn't as tough as your project sounds. I do understand about wanting to do that physical work though. Next time you get that feeling of wanting to make something of your own, have a baby. cj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tired, so tired.
Carla asked: > Just curious though, what would it have cost to have someone come > in and build this deck? Carla Carla Carla. You are missing the point completely. I could easily have paid someone to come in and build this deck for me. They would probably have done a better job. They would have gotten it done a hell of a lot faster than I will. And I wouldn't have had to haul 80 freakin pound bags of cement up the stairs. and it would probably have cost me a grand or two more to save my back. However, I am building the deck not so much because I want a deck, but because I want to build a deck. I sit at my stupid desk pounding on a keyboard all friggin day. At the end of the day, I have nothing to point to and say I made that, I created that. I can only say, nothing broke today. I can say I gave people answers to questions they had. I can say I tested this or tested that and it broke this way or didn't break that way. I can't even get into the room where the machines I work on are stashed. They are in a secure machine room two blocks away. There is a total lack of physicality to the work I do. I want to create something that I can touch and feel and know that it is there because I made it be there. My degree is in mechanical engineering but when I couldn't convince an employer I could be a mechanical engineer I had to earn a living so I went into I T, something I can't stand but it earns me a lot of money so I do it. anyway, that's probably a bit deeper look into my head than folks on the list needed, but it's the truth. Later. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
