RE: 1/4A & 1/8A starter
Yeah, I forgot to include minimizing the kneading time. Actually I don't mind making my own pies because I get to choose the apples (green, sour, Granny Smith usually). And what's better than real, local, fresh fruit pies in season!? Oh, oh c'mon Summer!
Matchstick props? . . . . Aw, never mind I was gonna, but I won't.
Seriously, I guess the biggest reason I avoid springs now is the memory of using them for Mouse racing as the pti man - when your hands are likely to be covered in 20%-oil fuel and the guy at the handle is yelling at you to hurry and you burn your hand on the hot engine and you can't get the plug lit and sweat's dripping in your eyes - and boy it was still great fun wasn't it?