Engineers are a breed unto their own. I had a friend on line and whenever I would mention something I was planning whether it was a gate or a table whatever that needed to be designed and built was always something he would "ponder" for a couple weeks. Meantime it was already designed in my head and I would have it done by time he came up with his final design. The nice thing was he lived on west coast and I lived on east coast so he never knew I usually used my own plan, you know the SIMPLE one LOL. Good for you having the patience to live with one. Take care.
Linda