[SEL] model, or not to model?

[Dave Rotigel]

>   His comment was "its not a model, its a real engine".  My comment then 
> to him was, "you can call it an engine, but its not a real one".
>Tommy Turner

Hi Tommy,
         Are you saying that there is a metaphysical difference between the 
original and the after market version? Or is it that "real" (read that 
"reality") is in the mind of the beholder? If the latter, could it be that 
the item the man had was BOTH an engine and NOT an engine--an engine for 
him and NOT an engine for you? On the other hand, have you ever considered 
that the real/not real engine exists (and has a consciousness) and both you 
and the other man are simply figments of it's imagination? If so, it would 
be you and the other man who are not "real."
         Dave
PS, I'm sure that I'll think of other possibilities tonight and will try to 
straighten it all out tomorrow while on my way to NJ to pick up a Witte 
drag saw I recently bought on e-bay.
PPS, I sure hope the drag saw is REAL!
PPPS, If it's not real and I kill the seller (after bringing him to KY) 
because it's not real can we straighten all this out in your courtroom?
PPPPS, Since God made man first and then used him as prototype in order to 
make woman, does this mean that women are not real?
PPPPPS, So many questions, so few answers!
PPPPPPS, I sure hope that all this can be resolved before next show season. 
I'd hate to take an "unreal" item to a show next year!