Experience is a great teacher- - - - -bad experiences make the lesson stick that much tighter. Do you honestly think that more than a few of us (over the past 50-something years like me) haven't tried using gasket goop improperly? P.T. Barnum appears to be working for Permatex these days.
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!