Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 07, 2021

And empty your wallet …

The good news is they don’t know him by sight. I have a few l have visited way too often.

Can you also make the noise it sounds like?

One mechanic told me they charge more to finish someone else’s work than they would have charged for the whole job.

Drive it in? Looked to be undrivable last time we saw it in parts.

I think I’m headed there too. The 100,000 mile time to replace everything service visit.

The really funny part is when the guy says “drive into the third bay”. How about “come back in three weeks”; that would be more likely.

“A man’s got to know his limitations” D. Harry

“Um, could you help me push it into the third bay?”

Arlo will need a HELOC loan to cover this repair.

Same day appointment? Talk about your lucky day!

Will this be covered by that warranty the lady on the phone sold me?

I provided a good laugh once.The shifter was difficult to get into gear. The mechanic lifted the hood…it was full of nuts.The guys were taking picures !Darn chipmunk.

That mechanic is a Virgil Partch (VIP) character…

The fact that he can still drive it anywhere is a decent sign….

He got it back together! No parts left over?! No missing parts or places for parts tp go?! It still runs?!

I looked up how to change my cars alternator. Decided to bring it to the dealer, but I didn’t tell them I tried to change it.

There’s a sign on the side of a building, plumbing business I think, in Birmingham AL that says, we repair what your husband fixed.

Honest mechanics must outnumber dishonest ones, I’ve never had trouble finding one. Now, dealerships are a different story.

Those happy faces should be flying along on (hundred?) dollar bills.

I’ve had to resort to a lot of household things myself because it’s impossible to get a handyman to come out and install a water filter or a new toilet. And I’m a girl. Thank goodness for YouTube.

Nice emojis!

Never tell them you worked on it yourself!

Anyone else having trouble with arloandjanis.com? I get a sparse error message in both Safari and Firefox, for two days now.

Plumbers, electricians, and handymen also appreciate YouTube repair videos.

There was no YouTube when I was a professional plumber. It was usually,, “A buddy of mine from work ‘looked’ at it the other day”.

Hey, I get to tell my Oil Filter story! ☺

A buddy and I were trying to change my oil filter, but that sucker would not budge, even after we bought a specific tool to remove it. Disheartened, we went inside to have a Coors Beer, which at the time, you couldn’t buy in our area. He had brought some back from a trip he had taken. We decided to go back out and give it one more try. It came right off, slick as snake snot! That Coors is magical!

Drive? “Have the tow truck drop it in the third bay.”

On new cars today, if its more than changing the oil and filter or replacing air filters, leave it to the mechanics…….

Ugh. I had this experience at a plumbing supply this morning.

One wonders how many repairmen put DIY videos on the net to get more clients.

That mechanic is the one that posted the directions online…

My son watches several videos of the same thing before considering an attempt. Many leave out what they think is obvious but eventually, most bases are covered.

I recall needing to change a light bulb in a car and deciding I’d leave it for the professionals – it was one of those jobs where it looked like I’d loose skin or have to take lots of bits off to get close.

I am quite happy to let someone else work on the car now – it might be nice if you have an old classic, heated garage with suitable lifts and have a modern car to go to work, but I remember too much struggling in cold to ensure car was ready for work next day

I always say that there are some things better left to the experts.

When I was a child my dad would fix our large console, tubes TV. He would open the back – where it said “Do not remove. No user repairable parts” – he would tell me that they do not mean him – he knows what he is doing. He would pull out some of the tubes and the two of us would head off to test them at first at some TV store or such near our apartment and later at Lafayette electronics after we moved. He would test the tubes, but the ones he needed and we would head home. He would put the new tubes in (with my “help”), put the back on again and turn it on.

When the repairman would then come to fix the TV I would stand and watch. “Your dad try to fix this again?” “Uh huh.” “Thought so.”

I would say it is man’s nature to try to fix things he does not know how to fix, but I do the same thing trying to avoid telling husband that something is not working – or I will be helping him the same way I helped dad.