I made a living, fed my family, and paid for a hundred acres of Tennessee by making my tools and equipment get the job done- - - - -not sit there like museum pieces. We just have a very different idea of what's acceptable, and I'll wager I'm a lot more picky about the things that really count- - - -like getting fussy about half a thousandth on a rod bearing's oil clearance, etc. There's a difference in being practical about how something looks, and just being ridiculous!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!