I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects.
It was kind of like they were just giving us a toy to play with, to do whatever we wanted with.
This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.

