You gotta love the name - The Workmate 200. Even the name bristles with manly overtones. It wouldn't do to call it something like "collapsable table" or "adjustable thingamajiggy" (that's what I usually say). And it's not just the Workmate...it's the Workmate 200, clearly letting it be known that it's bigger and better than the Workmate 100, or heaven help us, the mere Workmate 2 1/2. It's clear that when using this thing you're doing something useful and important. And it wouldn't do to have a Workmate 200 in your garage if it looked like it just came out of the box. It has to look like it's been run over by a road grater and dropped from a fork lift. As it happens, my Workmate 200 is just about as handy and useful as the name implies. It's about 20 years old and so has a proper patina on it, although I wouldn't want to reveal all it's many uses over the years. They might take back the name.
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