Miriam has got it right. I have drafted DH and DS into my world of old (and older) sewing machines. The son brings them in, and the husband gets drafted into the "fixin' up" part. Anyone who walks into my house from the front door (not very often) and side door (at the patio just off the driveway) looks around with big eyes and says, "boy, you sure do have a lot of sewing machines." What they can't see is more like it--I am talking about maybe 10 sewing machines here; with others out in my sewing room under the bed and scattered all over the floor and available wall space, plus others that I haven't taken the time to check out yet in DH's shop......the list goes on.