Lee Michaels wrote:

I don't know when the exact point was that this saw fell into disfavor. But
I woke one day to discover a tool I grew up with has now become the great
satan. Probably about the same time that good old US of A became a land of
wimps and whiners.

Or a group that took too much for granted too often, thus couldn't get
the best out of the RAS, or a group that was in a big rush too often
and couldn't get the best out of the RAS. I can't quite see where
wimping and whining have much to do with it.