Re. why so many of us here are gay:
Western cultures have a weird attitude about machines. If a machine is used outside the house, it's for men. If a machine is used inside the house, it's for women.
However, guys being guys, are just naturally interested in machines, and if left to their own devices (ha), wouldn't care whether a machine is inside the house or outside. Except that for most (straight) guys, the arbitrary distinction between "indoor" and "outdoor" stands in the way. (Just as it was for women and heavy construction equipment until recently.)
But gay men have already had to overcome a bunch of arbitrary social programming & prejudice about how men are supposed to be, when it comes to the question of falling in love. So that makes us more likely to challenege other types of arbitrary social programming about how men are supposed to be. The result of the latter is that we don't care if a machine is indoors or outdoors, or which gender is supposed to like playing with which machines.
So, of all the guys out there who are interested in the indoor machines, the gay ones are more likely to speak up about it.
But you can be sure there are a lot of straight guys out there who have similar interests. And kudos to the straight guys & gals who hang out here, having overcome the silly social nonsense about indoor machines vs. outdoor machines, without having to deal with the trials & tribulations of being a persecuted minority.
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BTW, RickR, your grandma has an Automatic Electric type 40 Monophone on the table there.