| Re: Sad Story: was Schwinn Sidewinder from Walmart
In article <10tpmtq7v7mlb41@corp.supernews.com>, A Muzi
<am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> Mike Kruger wrote:
> > Time and money are limited resources. Sometimes one resource
> > is more limited than another.
> > I don't change the oil in my car any more, either.
>
> Good point.
> I can't efficiently change the oil in my cars either.
> I pay someone else to make me an espresso a few times a day.
>
All apt analogies. I suppose I'm the odd man out: For me, working on
the bikes is not strictly an exercise in efficiency*I don't flatter
myself that I qualify as a top mechanic*or frugality; it's one of
leisure*to a point, of course. That a pleasurable task yields practical
benefits credits it further.
> Each of us gets to choose what we'll undertake ourselves and
> what we'll pay someone else to do.
>
Conceded. My upthread musings were ill-considered.
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luke
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