This is true.
I screwed mine up reupholstering a couch.
While it was being repaired they lent me a refurbished Home Ec. machine.
Biggest mistake I ever made was not buying it.
You could have sewed a straight line through a yard stick with it.
Didn't do anything but a straight stitch and zig zag but I like it.
Yah, I know the feeling. I always liked Singers, but I think the best machine I ever had was a Brother...go figger...