The only time it hurts me is when I look at a car or a truck or other piece of machinery that has fallen into disrepair not from having given a full measure of service but for lack of simple routine maintenance. That always hurts my feelings, I have no respect for people who can't even manage minimal preventative maintenance. I'll never forget what my old grandpa told me onetime when I was a little kid, pulling an American Flyer that had a squeaky wheel, "Hey kid, a little drop of oil can do amazing stuff" man how that phrase has echoed in my head many, many times in the intervening 50 years or so when I have seen really expensive pieces of equipment give up the ghost all for want of a drop of oil.
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