{"id":662616,"date":"2021-12-28T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=662616"},"modified":"2021-12-28T10:02:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T10:02:18","slug":"book-the-cheap-handyman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/book-the-cheap-handyman\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Cheap Handyman: True (and Disastrous) Tales from a [Home Improvement Expert] Guy Who Should Know Better, by\u00a0B.S. Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>BOOK: The Cheap Handyman: True (and Disastrous) Tales from a [Home Improvement Expert] Guy Who Should Know Better, by&nbsp;B.S. Harris<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/h1-615x937.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Book:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Old House meets #HomeImprovementFails in this collection of laugh-out-loud essays, perfect for fans of Nick Offerman, CarTalk, or The Red Green Show..<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis book is all the fix-it you need for your hurt home improvement ego.\u201d \u2014Harrison Scott Key, Thurber-prize winning author of The World&#8217;s Largest Man<\/p>\n<p>Meet Brian Harris, a (mostly) retired, self-proclaimed jack of all trades with a penchant for DIY and inventive money-saving schemes. Armed with a soldering gun, his trusty nine-foot ladder, and of course the handyman\u2019s secret weapon\u2014duct tape\u2014Brian\u2019s projects start out as simple chores: trim a tree branch, stain the cedar siding on his home&#8230;but all too often they end in costly disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes he\u2019s trying to do the right thing, like the time he wrecked his pool while saving some baby ducks. Often, he channels his inner MacGyver: he once taped his hockey skate back together so he could finish his rec-league game, only to get suspended for falling on the referee when it broke (again). But usually he\u2019s just being, well, cheap! Like the time he inadvertently destroyed a $295 car key fob because he wouldn\u2019t pay the (outrageous) $10 fee to have the battery professionally replaced.<\/p>\n<p>In The Cheap Handyman, Brian anthologizes his hard-won wisdom, teaching us how (not) to cut down a tree, what to do if a stray cat has kittens in your HVAC system, three very incorrect uses for duct tape, the manifold hazards of pool maintenance, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Filled with unforgettable true stories from the everyday life of an average guy just trying to save a few bucks, The Cheap Handyman is a delightful tribute to anyone who has ever thought, \u201cSure! I can do that!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About the Author:<\/p>\n<p>B.S. Harris is a father and husband, now retired from his \u201cday job\u201d but still finding ways to fill his days as a cheap handyman. He grew up in an average, hard-working home and was fortunate enough to earn a post-secondary degree. He is an amateur athlete and musician, and a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast. He and his very understanding family live in Southern Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-662618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/h2-615x937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/h2-615x937.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/h2-768x1170.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/h2-1009x1536.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/h2-1345x2048.jpg 1345w, https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/h2.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOOK: The Cheap Handyman: True (and Disastrous) Tales from a [Home Improvement Expert] Guy Who Should Know Better, by&nbsp;B.S. Harris About the Book: This Old House meets #HomeImprovementFails in this collection of laugh-out-loud essays, perfect for fans of Nick Offerman, CarTalk, or The Red Green Show.. \u201cThis book is all the fix-it you need for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":662619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662616"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662785,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662616\/revisions\/662785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}