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>>You might argue that the code was not written well.  I don't know about you
>>but I don't generally re-write blocks of code I'm maintaining just because
>>it doesn't look nice.
> 
> I do. :-) I don't want the one who might come after me, going through

They always told me, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

I replied, "If nobody has a clue what it means, it's broke."