Makes me think of a story...
When I moved out on my own, I bought myself a kenmore sewing machine from Sears. LOVED that machine, sewed MANY a project on it. Fast forward about 15 years...took my husband to a quilt class. He used my old kenmore and I used the new machine he bought me. The teacher commented on the noise the machine made and asked when the last time it was oiled. I said "um...it needs to be oiled?" She blanched white and nearly fell over! She then proceeded to stop the class while she serviced the machine. I thought she was going to confiscate my machines. (As an aside, the noise she was speaking of was one the machine had made ever since following bad advice of "oh just sew right over the pins." Her servicing did nothing for the noise.) The Kenmore still sews fine and I still love it...although it gets a little confused sometimes....