Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home?

Good point! And important one...

We must ban fetichist if we buy remote control...

This is not political propaganda but hygienic and health recommendation ...

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Dog dead flies  bodies inside amplifier kill more person than thunderstorm in antartica each year by the way ...

It appears iguanas may be okay...

I’ve got grandkids, a dog all that. No worries. Smoke… no go. Period.

We recently had an item presented for service that we affectionately named: "The Marlboro Man Turntable."  It had decades of layered smoke and nicotine stains on everything so thick that it, literally, took Bug and Tar remover to get them off.  

We often get into a discussion of the history of a (vintage) item when checked in, but in this case it was a quick in and out process.  I was more than curious about the environment this turntable resided in for years, but was hesitant to ask the owner.  When completed, I notified the owner.  I few hours later, I heard his vehicle pull up behind the shop and went out to greet him.  He opened the door of his truck and thick, billowing smoke exited the vehicle.  Question answered.

I took a photo of the (before) turntable, printed out a next poster-sized copy and have it hanging on the wall in our shop.  It was, truly, the most profound example of "second hand smoke" I've ever encountered.

@mahgister

I enjoy your deep dives into a variety of subjects. Admittedly, sometimes I have to scan over your comments due to time constraints.

As mentioned before, I am involved with several "unite", "detoxify" and "depolarize" groups (including my own), and those tidbits you insert now and then are helpful. And, yes, single-worded and/or truncated remarks designed to ambush "the other side" are great conversation killers. Which is the objective for those who use their high IQs to win debates rather than leveraging the asset to seek the truth.