Max von Essen

I was a handyman in an office building across from Penn Station for two entire summers while I was still in school and the summer after. I had to wear a big, gray jumpsuit kind of thing that had the name of the company in a big patch on my chest, and I was sent to fix things and didn't know what I was doing.

American Actor

Frank Crowninshield

My sense of loneliness was not particularly great until I reached sixty. From that time on, I would have given an ex-king's ransom if I had been able, in my youth to seduce a lady into thinking of me as a handyman and provider around the house.

American Journalist

Takashi Miike

The position of an assistant director in Japan is a handyman who does everything if necessary. They must overcome the unreasonable demands of hard-hearted and whimsical directors, and staff with different personalities or habits.

Japanese Director

Charles Bradley

When I went to Gabriel Roth's studio, I showed him I was good with my hands and started working as a handyman in his studio. I asked him for a chance, and he gave me a song to sing with Sharon Jones.

American Musician

Paul Nurse

My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur.

British Scientist

Luke Evans

I'm this dude that can play a farmhand and a handyman and sometimes a Greek god.

Welsh Actor

Marshall Brickman

If I weren't a film maker, I'd probably be a handyman.

American Writer

A handyman usually has practical skills to fix common household problems.

Repair Expertise

A handyman may not have formal qualifications like a licensed plumber or electrician.

Not Professional

A handyman can often handle a variety of tasks, not just one type of repair.

Versatile Services

The term 'handyman' implies working on small-scale tasks rather than large projects.

Small Tasks

The tasks a handyman does are often varied and sometimes unusual or unexpected.

Odd Jobs

Handyman services are often less formal and can be requested for non-critical assistance.

Informal Help

 He was standing over my piggy bank with his hammer raised high. He was fixing to steal my coins. And you see, my uncle Freeman was a handyman. He could fix anything -- a broken chair, a shattered pot --

What to do when...

 A traveling handyman teaches a deaf woman her first word on an old plantation. From her farm in rural Georgia, surrounded by a flock of pet birds, Flannery O’Connor scribbled tales of outcasts,

Why should you read...

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