renderanything, I can understand that. The last two times I changed a tire, it took me about an hour. Jacking up a car is hard with the tiny little jacks they give you these days, and loosening lugs nuts that have been tightened by machine can very difficult. If it's a matter of missing a plane, I'd take the shortcut.
Yeah, it happened while I was driving. I stopped and inserted a screwdriver in the side of the steering column, which got me home. My dad was a bit surprised.
Where I live, way more than 1% of women know how to make a scratch pie crust. I make quilts, grow a garden, can vegetables, and (lately) move furniture. I can also install a toilet or a light fixture, hang a door, snake a sewer, make soap, and change my own tires. Who else is going to do it? I even built a shed last year!
Cars used to be a lot easier for owners to repair, back when we had manual transmissions, crank windows, and rack-and-pinion steering. You can't even put a car in neutral these days when the engine isn't running! A catalytic converter makes the exhaust system difficult to replace, and all those computerized sensors require dealer maintenance -even my regular mechanic won't touch those!
With my first car, I learned to re-attach the exhaust pipe with a coat hanger and repair the distributor cap with duct tape. And of course, change the oil. When the steering wheel fell off, I figured it was time to get a job and buy a slightly newer car.
sparge, the study you're thinking of didn't quite say poor people are happier. It said that once you reach the level of making a living, the amount of money you make doesn't correlate with happiness. Under a certain level of existence, money does impact happiness. Not making enough money to get by is stressful.
This study doesn't surprise me. People who do work they are passionate about tend to do well, and people who are good at what they do tend to enjoy their job more. That will lead to more hours spent at work, but that's not a bad thing in a career you really enjoy.
Also, a 6% unemployment rate probably skews the bottom end a bit.
It seems discriminatory on the face of it, but WOW, health insurance for only $25 a month? These folks are tres lucky! And if they are healthy, its free! The rest of the world doesn't work like that.
Cars used to be a lot easier for owners to repair, back when we had manual transmissions, crank windows, and rack-and-pinion steering. You can't even put a car in neutral these days when the engine isn't running! A catalytic converter makes the exhaust system difficult to replace, and all those computerized sensors require dealer maintenance -even my regular mechanic won't touch those!
With my first car, I learned to re-attach the exhaust pipe with a coat hanger and repair the distributor cap with duct tape. And of course, change the oil. When the steering wheel fell off, I figured it was time to get a job and buy a slightly newer car.
This study doesn't surprise me. People who do work they are passionate about tend to do well, and people who are good at what they do tend to enjoy their job more. That will lead to more hours spent at work, but that's not a bad thing in a career you really enjoy.
Also, a 6% unemployment rate probably skews the bottom end a bit.
Well, Europe does...