I put a new belt on an old dryer of a friend of mine, one she'd inherited, to keep it
working longer. I KNEW nothing about dryers, but had replaced a variety of auto
fan belts. For the same person I did several light switch and electrical repairs, all
learned from playing with three rail since a kid. In my old house before moving, I
did a number of plumbing repairs and upgrades, not train related, but based on "the
any idiot can do this" attitude learned from making trains work. And the list goes on...