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Post #1628888

2026-04-24 01:33 UTC

You can measure your skill at DIY house projects by the ratio of visits to the hardware store against days of work: - no visits: god tier - less than one visit per day: excellent, you know what you’re doing - 1 visit / day: average - more than 1 visit / day: reconsider your life choices

Replies (8)

  • @jacob@social.jacobian.org 2026-04-24 01:34

    (I am at 6 visits in 3 days and about to head out for what I dearly hope is the final trip. FML.)

    Open ##2189037

  • @shtrom@piaille.fr 2026-04-24 02:46

    @jacob@social.jacobian.org I think this misses the effect of persistence. After a while, you have all the tools. You're still bad at it. But man, this shed has half the inspirational glow as a Bunnings aisle, and that's something.

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  • @sarae@ecoevo.social 2026-04-24 03:11

    @jacob@social.jacobian.org oh pfft go to the hardware store as often as you need to to do a quality job and don't let anyone shame you for taking the time necessary to really get something sorted out properly it's your home and you deserve for it to be nice

    Open ##2189044

  • @bengerman@hachyderm.io 2026-04-24 05:17

    @jacob@social.jacobian.org this math does get a little fuzzy as you accumulate leftovers and wrong parts from previous jobs. I saved a trip for hinges recently because I already had some from previously buying the wrong ones

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  • @alex@social.moreati.org.uk 2026-04-24 05:42

    @jacob@social.jacobian.org a visit to Accident and Emergency counts as 5 hardware store visits

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  • @DemonHouser@kind.social 2026-04-24 06:20

    @jacob@social.jacobian.org okay I didn't come online to be attacked, geez

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  • @jafo@inuh.net 2026-04-24 13:30

    @jacob@social.jacobian.org By god tier you mean it's often talked about but doesn't, in reality, exist? ;-)

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  • @jacob@social.jacobian.org I did change my well pump in 1 visit! Record I think was 7 in one day. I definitely had the 1 day record for the local auto parts store I could walk.

    Open ##2189063