My mom worked most of her life in a factory creating and assembling stoves, furnaces, fireplaces, etc. She was one of (of not the first, there's a little dispute about that) female AFL-CIO union presidents. It was a bit funny to me as a kid, seeing these rough and tough factory guys deferring to my mom, at 5'2" and 130 pounds. That said,if she were still with us, I have no doubt she would approve of your statement. :)
