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I've come full circle several times.

I have a brake bleeder, an oil change jugs with a cap on top and the side, cellphone tool kits, and more...

Sometimes it takes a while to derive the tenets of labor specialization from first principles.

How many of us can make more making nets for fishermen than making nets AND fishing yourself?



Sometimes I wonder this and then look up how much it costs to get some job done and realize I'm probably still coming out substantially ahead.


You still need to account for a fun factor. I've got a nas which cost me probably $400 in parts to save on buying a $300 solution. But it's mine, janky, fun and I wouldn't have it any other way.


I know my local library loans out tools, I wonder if I can gift my use once tools to them so someone else could borrow them instead of buying?




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