Mon 25 Feb 2008
Yes. this is a place for all Ephs to talk over those pesky problems that come up all to oftern as one is gentrifying that great inner-city buy!
Lets start with those pesky drains:
Plumbing problems normally become self-evident pretty quickly: drains clog up, faucets drip, broken pipes spray, and so forth. Most minor plumbing problems are relatively easy to fix if you understand the basics of how the systems work. Considering the fact that plumbers now cost over $80 per hour in many areas, you can save significantly by making your own repairs when possible.
Of course, some repairs are easier to do than others are. Many just take time; some are a major hassle–particularly those that involve working on pipes that are hidden behind walls or under floors, or are otherwise difficult to access.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Justin Roux writes:
Drains? Inner City?
No. quite simply, no. Continuing:
Again–no. quite simply, no. CONTINUING:
No. once again, quite simply, no.
so, in a word, no.
Do better ephblog, do better
Am I reading this critique correctly?
Has our academic community been reduced to this informal grunting? The gnashing and grinding of toothless teething? Such amusement calls for a simple response:
Feminist-matriachalism is based on this emergent ethnological and sociological emphasis:
Men can’t do drains! Men shouldn’t do drains. Drains are womens work!
Citizen Kane replied:
Justin -
Now, if you’re a Marxists believer in false consciousness, then perhaps it is “social pressures” that make Eph women make those choices for drains. Perhaps it is “social pressures” that made me put in blue jeans and blog today.
But, as a first approximation, the best way to understand the choices people make is to ask them about those choices. Perhaps this attitude makes me more a sociologist than an economist, but I will leave that to Rarely
Rarely wrote:
I believe it is the institution’s duty to consider methods for combatting de facto discrimination just as it is its duty to combat de jure discrimination in plumbing as in other D_I_Y matters. The exact methods may be different, but the need for an effort and the institution’s role in pushing that effort are the same.
I also will never accept the excuse “it takes time”. No. In fact, it doesn’t (and it certainly doesn’t take decades)–grow the board by five and make four of those five women. boom–its done. .
Swart wrote:
Uh-oh. This isn’t going anywhere except to Dartmouth.
Another shot!
February 25th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
So funny. Thank you.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
What would we do without you Dick?
EphBOG needs you, that’s for sure.