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Re: What Being a Handyman Has Taught Me About Male Insecurity

#131

Post by Dylan16807 » Fri, Mar 29, 2013, 10:30 PM UTC

SilasX wrote: post #130

Dylan16807 wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

'bandwidth' is a management term now?

It is used in different ways, in different contexts. I was namespacing it to clarify the context. You know namespaces, right?

Yes. What I'm saying is I didn't realize it had entered that namespace.

Re: What Being a Handyman Has Taught Me About Male Insecurity

#132

Post by SilasX » Fri, Mar 29, 2013, 11:06 PM UTC

Dylan16807 wrote: post #131

SilasX wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is used in different ways, in different contexts. I was namespacing it to clarify the context. You know namespaces, right?

Yes. What I'm saying is I didn't realize it had entered that namespace.

It exists in multiple namespaces. In the managementspeak namespace it is used a clumsy metaphor for resources, the sense in which the OP was using it. To indicate equivalent usage, I indicated equivalent namespacing.

Re: What Being a Handyman Has Taught Me About Male Insecurity

#133

Post by lookACamel » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 1:03 AM UTC

mnarayan01 wrote: post #64

I get the distinct impression that the writer views the lack of handyman skills as being effeminate (at least intuitively, perhaps not intellectually). I would, therefore, add a fourth class of customer to his list: people who are socially perceptive.

The author is pretty clear that that isn't how he views his clients. He's saying that a group of his male clients view their lack of handyman skills as being un-masculine.

Re: What Being a Handyman Has Taught Me About Male Insecurity

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Post by tomjen3 » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 9:26 AM UTC

johngalt wrote: post #106

For me the hardest one to give up was car maintenance. I grew up working on cars, and if I wasn't in IT I'd probably be a mechanic. Unfortunately keeping all the tools and supplies necessary was too much of a hassle for a single late model vehicle that requires practically no maintenance. It doesn't bother me to have someone mow my lawn or fix the way my doors hang, but handing the car keys over for an oil change is…

If there is one thing I have learned in my life it is this: you will be judged no matter what you do or not do. The key is to only care about the opinions of a few - and never give a shit about people who talk laud.