[ABN 505]

I was lucky to have been employed by a mechanical maintenance company and was exposed to almost all aspects of the building trades as a young guy. The knowledge I gained was put to use when I built my own house and saved me a lot of money. My mortgage was paid off before I was 40 and the house is assessed at 500,000 now and was built for under 80,000.By the way I just installed a new boiler and water heater along with putting up gingerbread trim on our porch without hiring anyone thanks to what I learned in the trades. I figure I saved at least 15 K by being able to do that myself.I would rather be self sufficient than have a multitude of degrees.

[mairdie]

Clapping enthusiastically and yelling RAH! That’s how it’s done! Good for you!