We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman" saying something like:
Oh yes. I have the previous version of that - green bodied, but tough as old boots. Best workaday power tool I've ever bought and only recently needed to put new brushes in for the first time after about 5 years of regular use. Keep it cleaned and lubed and it will go on forever.