Stillwell stated&colon; "He's a vacillating, tricky, undependable old scoundrel who never keeps his word". For example&colon; a Boleski four-shot revolver was notoriously undependable, but a spear was extremely reliable. They are seen as lazy, proud and extravagant, pound-foolish and undependable. Privately owned generators are especially popular in areas where grid power is undependable or unavailable. However, she soon finds that he is possessive and undependable. She later published a series of other ghost-written works which are factually undependable. The operation of the railroad was undependable at best, however. At times he "was one of the very best soldiers I had," at others undependable. It stated that the efforts at taming the horses were wasted as they were undependable.