>I love to design/build electronic/mechanical gadgets
>and am thinking of making my own toaster so I can
>control both temp & time. :-)

You have an electro-mechanical turn of mind?

That is talent that you have to nurture...

You will never know.....your electro mechanical bent might led you to a
new invention <grin>...

Therefore.....
Keeps the spark of your ingenuity alive....nobody is too old to be an
inventor...<grin>..