All Hail Cheap Bastards!

[Odarlin]

Originally Posted by cybersuebee

So far Odarlin's tale of Cheap Bastidism wins. I'll be letting you know what the prize is the day after garbage pickup.

Originally Posted by cybersuebee

Well I refuse to hire professionals to do anything around the house unless I absolutely can't do it. So I do most of my electrical work myself. Which isn't so much cheap-bastardy as thrifty IMO. The part that makes it worthwhile though is making it dangerous when it doesn't have to be. In MY family we prefer to do work with the breakers ON, 'cause where's the challenge otherwise? The question we ask each other is not IF you got shocked, but how many times. Hey! I don't drink, don't smoke......gotta get my thrills somewhere don't I?

So far, I think using electrical power for cheap thrills wins!
How hardcore is that?




Mine just outs the squeamish.