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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6228557" data-attributes="member: 19675">Here's some examples of skill hubris: my great-uncle was very handy.&nbsp; There is no dispute on that.&nbsp; However, we found out that sometimes he did things in repairing or D.I.Y. projects that a pro wouldn't do.Once, while he was visiting us, we had a leaky pipe coming off of our garbage disposal unit, and rather than letring us call a plumber, he decided to fix it himself.&nbsp; He did so, and it was fine for many years.&nbsp; Not even a drop fell.However, eventually, the disposal unit eventually died.&nbsp; My great uncle was back home, so he couldn't volunteer to do the replacement, and neither my dad or I felt comfy doing the job.&nbsp; So we called a pro.The pro was working on it forever cursing most of the time.&nbsp; After the job was done, we asked him what had cost him so much time and caused so much consternation.&nbsp; He said that the last person who had worked on those pipes had superglued everything together.We...said nothing.Less amusingly, there was an episode of Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda that detailed the story of a family killed by carbon monoxide poisoning.&nbsp; The eventual culprit was revealed: the landlord.&nbsp; A notorious cheapskate, he had done a D.I.Y repair job on the house's AC unit, and had installed its ventilation mechanism backwards.&nbsp; To do so he had to hammer it in place to make it fit.&nbsp; The result was that the unit worked in reverse, filling the house with CO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6228557, member: 19675"] Here's some examples of skill hubris: my great-uncle was very handy. There is no dispute on that. However, we found out that sometimes he did things in repairing or D.I.Y. projects that a pro wouldn't do. Once, while he was visiting us, we had a leaky pipe coming off of our garbage disposal unit, and rather than letring us call a plumber, he decided to fix it himself. He did so, and it was fine for many years. Not even a drop fell. However, eventually, the disposal unit eventually died. My great uncle was back home, so he couldn't volunteer to do the replacement, and neither my dad or I felt comfy doing the job. So we called a pro. The pro was working on it forever cursing most of the time. After the job was done, we asked him what had cost him so much time and caused so much consternation. He said that the last person who had worked on those pipes had superglued everything together. We...said nothing. Less amusingly, there was an episode of [I]Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda[/I] that detailed the story of a family killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. The eventual culprit was revealed: the landlord. A notorious cheapskate, he had done a D.I.Y repair job on the house's AC unit, and had installed its ventilation mechanism backwards. To do so he had to hammer it in place to make it fit. The result was that the unit worked in reverse, filling the house with CO. [/QUOTE]

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