Gas prices are way up and my property taxes are going up.  My house
insurance just doubled because a lot of fools here in Florida build
rickety junk on or close to the water and regularly get blown away.  My
utility bills keep creeping up.  What to do?  Pass it on,
unfortunately.  People are always asking me "what do you charge for.."
My usual response is that I charge sometimes by the job and sometimes
by the hour.  If they want to pin me down as to what I charge an hour,
I tell them thirty five.  Due to all rising costs, I will now tell them
forty five and I think I'm stil too cheap at that.  Considering that
the majority of work I do is fixing someone else's f**k ups, I should
probably go even higher.  So what is everyone else out there charging?

Studebaker George
(off to the shop to get in a couple hours so I can afford to go
cruisin' later)