<<I "metal flaked" many a tractor gearbox in my "younger" days. >>

Well you got me beat. I don't remember the "younger days"

Ahh, but wait a minute, maybe this is something. Aren't our perceptions formed early in life? Maybe I need to revisit the "lost decade" and see if I can find out why I turned out the way I have. Obviously grinding tractor trannys has had an impact on your life Lord knows what I must have been up to although I doubt even he would be willing to talk about it.