Ken,You are correct on the messy shop in some instances.Sometimes they are just really busy and under-manned for the operation.Sometimes they can help a person save a buck or two when they have a low overhead cool
Chip, hang in there and focus on all the positive aspects of your situation,you will make it through with a little help from your friends grin

There is enough good in the worst of us and enough bad in the best of us that it does not behoove any of us to criticize the rest of us.
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Be yourself. If you are ever lost, It will be much easier to find yourself if you know who you are!