taking a beating

Holy cow, one doesn't realize what he forgets until it hits him in the wallet, then it is total hindsight..gee, I should have remembered that.

I used to do all my own wrenching, so mistakes mostly cost me time. Now I am just doing the little stuff, so mistakes co$t me.

Add to it other people's mistakes, and I feel like I'm taking a real beating.

Hell, I've only been away from the hobby for a few years, didn't think I would get this far behind the power curve.

Yep our labor is cheap compared to outsourcing!