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And what grinds your gears is me nagging about it
Not really- any of us that have been "made redundant" feel what you are feeling- and it is even more so as you LIKED the work.
As to the topic...
Well- my 1966 Mustang used to decide she did not
want to be in second gear and would pop herself into neutral.
Later, the linkage would hang between first and second... which could be... interesting.
Still I miss the old girl (sniffle).