My part-time job after the boys were old enough to leave was at a Singer Sewing store. Although I didn't think much of the job at the time, it did help pay the groceries. We had to check in all of the machines that came in for repair and the machines were in every possible shape you can imagine. Now that I am quilting and have to use all kind of donated machines, it has been a real help because I can make just about any machine operate. I am the "machine expert" of the group.