larrikin99 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoContractor: it can be fast and good, but it won't be cheap. It can be fast and cheap, but it won't be good.message-squaremessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1106arrow-down1message-squareContractor: it can be fast and good, but it won't be cheap. It can be fast and cheap, but it won't be good.larrikin99 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·3 months agoGood and cheap but not fast means you learn yourself to do it correctly and then you spend months working on it in the weekends
minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months agothat way isn’t cheap
minus-squareConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoI used to work in a hardware store and yeah, doing shit yourself ain’t cheap. Maybe cheaper than a contractor if you value your time at $0.00, but not by as much as you think.
minus-squareSpongebobsquarejuche [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agodeleted by creator
minus-squareBoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoAnd rarely good. source: me, a very mediocre DIYer.
minus-squareMeetMeAtTheMovies [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoI learn a lot by fixing my own fuckups. Can confirm it’s not cheap
minus-squareLaBellaLotta [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoUnfortunately this is correct
minus-squareCarmineCatboy2 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-23 months agoor you end up paying by the hour/day of labor which, unfortunately, opens several cans of worms
minus-squareFALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoAnd you end up having to go back to the store for more cans of worms anyway
minus-squareCarmineCatboy2 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agohow many cans of worms to build a new cistern? not as few as you’d think
minus-squareClassIsOver [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoI’ve always used it to mean “this project is going to be my lowest priority”
Good and cheap but not fast means you learn yourself to do it correctly and then you spend months working on it in the weekends
that way isn’t cheap
I used to work in a hardware store and yeah, doing shit yourself ain’t cheap. Maybe cheaper than a contractor if you value your time at $0.00, but not by as much as you think.
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And rarely good.
source: me, a very mediocre DIYer.
I learn a lot by fixing my own fuckups. Can confirm it’s not cheap
Unfortunately this is correct
or you end up paying by the hour/day of labor which, unfortunately, opens several cans of worms
And you end up having to go back to the store for more cans of worms anyway
how many cans of worms to build a new cistern? not as few as you’d think
I’ve always used it to mean “this project is going to be my lowest priority”