[USNBandit]

My father had a PhD in physics. Couldn't change the oil, or a headlight, or just about anything on his car. When I was in college I got a message to call home immediately. Thought somebody must have been hit by a car. Turned out Dad didn't know how to hook the VCR back up to the TV.

Weird thing was he knew about other very technical subjects outside of physics. He ground his own mirrors for decent sized telescopes and handloaded ammo that he used to routinely win benchrest matches at the gun club.

Guess the point is that these people have existed for a while. Everything I know (which isn't that much) about working on my house I learned on my own. My neighbor was amazed that I had hung my own TV on the wall. What is that, about a 20 minute job, where 15 minutes is looking for the tools?

[Tijeras_Slim]

I once worked with a PhD EE who plugged a power strip into itself and then got all snippy with the IT guy because his computer wouldn’t work.

[PLMerite]

“My neighbor was amazed that I had hung my own TV on the wall. What is that, about a 20 minute job, where 15 minutes is looking for the tools? “

The hard part is locating the studs in the wall. Mounting the bracket to the drywall doesn’t work well at all.