Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
This is an interesting post, because I’m kind of the same way. My best friend and I - both women, used to do home repairs. We got pretty good at it. No electrical, minimal plumbing, but everything else under the sun. Toilets, water heaters, sinks, leaks, drywall, we even remodel a bathroom once. But it was just us, no company just us working through word of mouth from a homeowner who had some rentals and one realtor that we did jobs for that helped her sell homes. Then people who bought those homes might want a few things done, so she gave them our number as well.
Well, fast forward to today, and thank God I don’t have to do that job anymore because I live in Arizona and it was a real bitch having to work in the heat. However; there are a few people in my life that I will do small projects for, and one in particular that I do work for every couple weeks. But my new gig is pet sitting. It’s a great job, I don’t have to deal with people, and I’m able to be around other people’s animals.
Better yet… I stay at other peoples homes, I don’t have to use my own electricity, my own water, or other resources, when I’m staying at somebody else’s house. So that’s the upside. Right now my air-conditioning broke in my Arizona room, so I’m at somebody else’s house enjoying the cool breeze right now. I’ll get mine fixed in time, but at least it’s not an emergency and I can shop around and find an inexpensive split mini.
There’s so much truth to what you have said, as I am living it myself.