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Chris speaks softly, with a British accent, and carries a big hammer, or a shovel, or whatever the job calls for. He's been the go-to handyman for the entire neighbourhood around the Go Green bottle depot, at 7th Avenue and Ontario Street, for all eight years I've been taking bottles to Go Green. Chris says he's been working in the area for about 10 years. In the last few years I've watched him pop up all over the neighbourhood, taking care of all kinds of construction, and renovation work -- tear-downs to fixer-uppers. Chris's neighbourhood is made up of old, two-storey, wood-framed homes, and a lot of small, one-, and two-storey businesses -- retail, often to the service trades, and-light industrial. And one bottle depot. It's perfect for a man with Chris's skills, and Chris uses those skills to keep it perfect.