I'm old enough to remember when there was no duct tape and the material used to hold things together was bailing wire, and waste oil was the go to lube choice.
Unfortunately, my father-in-law hasn't kept up with the times and still uses bale string and slop oil for everything. I made the mistake of letting him oil my son's bike the other day. I swear he used a half a quart of slop oil, and made sure he didn't miss any of the joints on the bike. My son came riding up to me and asked when all this oil dripping from his bike was going to dry. He was leaving a trail of oil from the workshop and into the garage, and of course it was all over his clothes. I was not happy.
