In the category of "remember to listen to your friends"

(Nothing in the following post should be construed as being negative toward home repair hobbyists and other do-it-yourselfers.)

Once upon a party long ago I was describing a household repair problem that was giving me difficulty. rmd advised: "The tool you want to fix this problem is your checkbook."

Today I watched a professional plumber spend the better part of two hours trying to do a 'simple' change of one corroded bolt on a toilet tank. I paid him his $250 and felt the better for the exchange. Replacing the bolt required fully disassmbling the commode, applying hacksaws and other tools to remove the corroded objects, and various other reassembly tasks I'm sure I would have screwed up over a time period that would have lasted much longer than two hours if done by me.

In the end I have a non-leaking toilet again and a reminder of why I think it wise to listen to my friends.