From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 7/9/2025 9:31 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 7/8/2025 4:34 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >> On 7/8/2025 4:48 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >>> On 7/8/2025 2:33 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>>> On 7/8/2025 2:38 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >>>>> On 7/8/2025 4:09 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >>>>>> "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:104hoe1$360ar$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>>>> ...   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Before the crackdown on Freon I was trained to build industrial   
   >>>>>> refrigeration including brazing tubing, but I didn't have much   
   >>>>>> practical experience before recovery equipment became mandatory.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I learned to service refrigeration from a mail order course my dad   
   >>>>> took.   He learned to fix refrigeration because we lived far from   
   >>>>> town, and if we didn't fix it ourselves it wouldn't get fixed.  My   
   >>>>> dad had a buddy named Paul Drudge who ran a refrigeration business   
   >>>>> out of Gila Bend (55 miles away) who would come out, and he taught   
   >>>>> my dad a lot, but when Paul retired we were on our own.  Nobody   
   >>>>> wanted to drive 68 miles (from Yuma) to service a country grocery   
   >>>>> store.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   After they medically retired Dad from working at Hill AFB in '76   
   >>>> he opened an AC/R repair business . A large part of his business was   
   >>>> servicing farm equipment . Often sitting in a field several miles   
   >>>> from the nearest highway and frequently a hundred miles from town .   
   >>>> There's a LOT of dry wheat acreage in western Box Elder County   
   >>>> Utahaha . And you ain't farmin' 4,000 acres on an open tractor in   
   >>>> that climate .   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> When I was still running The Security Consultant I got a referral   
   >>> from the manufacturer to service a burglar alarm system for a country   
   >>> grocery store in Wenden Arizona.  It is 128 miles from where my   
   >>> office was at the time.  I called them and explained I'd have to   
   >>> charge them mileage. I just couldn't take 2/3 of a day to drive up   
   >>> and back to see them and do what they needed for the cost of a   
   >>> service call.  I also explained that if I didn't have whatever they   
   >>> needed I might need to make two trips.  I'd be as prepared as I could   
   >>> be, but no promises. Their response was they didn't care as long as I   
   >>> was actually willing to show up and fix it.  I fixed it.  I wound up   
   >>> doing a handful of various service calls over the years for them.   
   >>> Often if I needed to go to Phoenix for something I'd take 95 to I10   
   >>> instead of I8 t0 85 and just charge them for the miles off the   
   >>> freeway.  They were happy to have somebody who would come out and fix   
   >>> things.  I have mixed feelings about it, but I'm kinda glad I never   
   >>> told them I could have fixed almost anything in the store.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>    Dad didn't have your self-restraint . If he saw a problem he could   
   >> fix he'd let the client know and offer to do the repair . And save the   
   >> client a charge for another repairman . He had more business than he   
   >> could handle sometimes .   
   >   
   >   
   > I also had the concern of being a licensed contractor.  Performing work   
   > outside the scope of my licenses came with certain risks.   
   >   
      
     That would be a factor ... I'm not sure what Dad's licensing   
   requirements were , or even if he was licensed .   
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   Snag   
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   are being silenced so that   
   stupid people won't be offended.   
      
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