But still, I'll get out there, find a band of buddies, fire up the barbecue,
provide lots of food and drinks, and Git-r-done. The extra thirty thousand
will more than pay for a car lift, a complete Plasmacam system, flatwork all
around, some leanto awnings for shade, and LOTS of trick tools and gadgets
for the inside of the shop. Probably a few grand left over to go relax at
Mazatlan for a few weeks, too.

Do these people think you can't even operate a calculator?


No thinking involved. They know, from experience, that a sufficient
fraction of the american consumers can't, won't, or doesn't care.