You are right on SouthernChap. I do not rent. I'm living out my dream in the home I bought 38 years ago. My intent was to retire in this home and have no rent/house payments when I retired. I refuse to do any kind of work for money. I did that for years so that I could retire and now I am here. I am also here on this forum because it is mostly friendly to the hobbyist like me and mostly very helpful when aid is needed. I always have and will remain giving the greatest of compliments to this forum. all being said I prefer salted to unsalted potato chips. My cardiologist tells me I should refrain from any salt intake but in the end does it really matter. In the end everyone can say "He really enjoyed salted potato chips" As I post my projects on this forum I share my experience of machining with many different people from all over. My first lathe a Clausing Model 100 was given to me by my brother . It was pretty much worn out to the point of being junk. At that time in my life I was in a semi state of recovering from a heart attack and was so depressed I was ready to call my brother who I loved very much and ask him to come get all my tools because I was not physically capable of using them. I have since made many improvements to that old lathe to the point of making +- tolerances of .001. Hence the restoration of antique and vintage machine tools is now a passion of mine. Most of my work is done via a walker or a shop stool because "Standing" is not a sport that I compete in since the heart attack 10 years ago. All the above being said I lost my brother to Covid in 2021. He is still with me in my thoughts every day but since I can't show and tell him my passion of machine tool restoration I show those on this forum what I would be showing him if he were still alive.
BTW I have 3 bags of Lays salty potato chips just waiting for me to enjoy. In the end me and my cardiologist will end up in the same place.
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