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Tim Klobuchar's avatar

This took me back to our Nokomis house. The previous owners (i.e., the contracting company of Dunning-Kruger) had screwed up putting in a clearly DIY basement bathroom, and sewage gas and/or sewage water would often come out of the shower drain until we got it (not inexpensively) fixed. I also lived in constant fear of water coming into the basement when it rained hard. That feeling of helplessness/lack of control was tough to shake.

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Jim Peterson's avatar

Is there a connection between sports writing and ineptitude around home repair tasks? See Pat Reusse, Judd Zulgad. If so, I probably should have been a sports writer. I can change a smoke alarm battery, but do get ideas about little projects, end up on YouTube, then find out it's harder than it looks.

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