diff --git a/configmodel.c b/configmodel.c
index 8ce6f85..e5a9944 100644
--- a/configmodel.c
+++ b/configmodel.c
@@ -18,24 +18,11 @@ struct Section
 	ULONG insertPos; // we want to add new entries at end, but before any blanks
 };
 
-enum VariableType 
-{
-	TypeBool=0,
-	TypeInteger=1,
-	TypeString=2,
-};
-
 struct Variable
 {
-	enum VariableType type;
 	CONST_STRPTR key;
 	CONST_STRPTR normalizedKey;
-	struct 
-	{
-		CONST_STRPTR stringValue;
-		BOOL boolValue;
-		LONG longValue;
-	} value;
+	CONST_STRPTR stringValue;
 };
 
 struct Line
@@ -301,18 +288,12 @@ VOID SectionAddLine(SECTIONPTR abstractSection, LINEPTR abstractLine, BOOL addBe
 			if(!LineIsEmpty(abstractLine) )
 			{
 				section->insertPos = SizeOfArray(section->lines);
-				printf("xx (%s) insertpos = %lu\n", SectionCanonicalName(abstractSection), section->insertPos);
-				LineDump(abstractLine);
-				printf("xx\n");
 			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			LineArrayInsert(section->lines, abstractLine, section->insertPos);
 			section->insertPos += 1;			
-			printf("yy (%s) insertpos = %lu\n", SectionCanonicalName(abstractSection), section->insertPos);
-				LineDump(abstractLine);
-				printf("yy\n");
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -501,12 +482,11 @@ VARIABLEPTR VariableCreate(CONST_STRPTR key, CONST_STRPTR rawValue)
 		CopyMem(key, (STRPTR)result->normalizedKey, length);
 		downcaseString((STRPTR)result->normalizedKey);
 	}
-	result->type = TypeString;
 	if( rawValue != NULL )
 	{
 		ULONG length = strlen(rawValue);
-		result->value.stringValue = AllocVec(length+1, MEMF_CLEAR);
-		CopyMem(rawValue, (STRPTR)result->value.stringValue, length);
+		result->stringValue = AllocVec(length+1, MEMF_CLEAR);
+		CopyMem(rawValue, (STRPTR)result->stringValue, length);
 	}
 	return result;
 }
@@ -516,7 +496,7 @@ CONST_STRPTR VariableGetRawValue(VARIABLEPTR abstractVariable)
 	struct Variable* variable = (struct Variable*)abstractVariable;
 	if( variable != NULL )
 	{
-		return variable->value.stringValue;
+		return variable->stringValue;
 	}
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -547,9 +527,9 @@ VOID VariableFree(VARIABLEPTR abstractVariable)
 		{
 			FreeVec((STRPTR)variable->normalizedKey);
 		}
-		if( variable->type == TypeString && variable->value.stringValue != NULL )
+		if( variable->stringValue != NULL )
 		{
-			FreeVec((STRPTR)variable->value.stringValue);
+			FreeVec((STRPTR)variable->stringValue);
 		}
 		FreeVec(variable);
 		
@@ -560,11 +540,11 @@ CONST_STRPTR VariableSerialize(VARIABLEPTR abstractVariable)
 {
 	STRPTR result = NULL;
 	struct Variable* variable = (struct Variable*)abstractVariable;
-	if( variable != NULL && variable->normalizedKey != NULL && variable->value.stringValue != NULL )
+	if( variable != NULL && variable->normalizedKey != NULL && variable->stringValue != NULL )
 	{
-		ULONG size = 1 + strlen(variable->normalizedKey) + 3 + strlen(variable->value.stringValue) + 1 + 1;
+		ULONG size = 1 + strlen(variable->normalizedKey) + 3 + strlen(variable->stringValue) + 1 + 1;
 		result = AllocVec(size, MEMF_CLEAR);
-		sprintf(result, "\t%s = %s\n", variable->normalizedKey, variable->value.stringValue);
+		sprintf(result, "\t%s = %s\n", variable->normalizedKey, variable->stringValue);
 	}
 	return (CONST_STRPTR)result;
 }
diff --git a/sectionstore.c b/sectionstore.c
index bee31a0..150bd11 100644
--- a/sectionstore.c
+++ b/sectionstore.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 STATIC SECTIONPTR parseSection(LINEPTR line, PATTERNPTR sectionPatternProgram);
 STATIC VARIABLEPTR parseVariable(LINEPTR line, PATTERNPTR variablePatternProgram);
 STATIC BOOL parseBlank(LINEPTR line, PATTERNPTR blankPatternProgram);
-STATIC BOOL parseBoolValue(CONST_STRPTR value, BOOL* outBool);
-STATIC BOOL parseIntegerValue(CONST_STRPTR value, LONG* outInt, PATTERNPTR integerProgram);
+//STATIC BOOL parseBoolValue(CONST_STRPTR value, BOOL* outBool);
+//STATIC BOOL parseIntegerValue(CONST_STRPTR value, LONG* outInt, PATTERNPTR integerProgram);
 
 struct SectionStore
 {
@@ -275,34 +275,40 @@ STATIC SECTIONPTR parseSection(LINEPTR line, PATTERNPTR sectionPatternProgram)
 	return result;
 }
 
-STATIC BOOL parseBoolValue(CONST_STRPTR value, BOOL* outBool)
-{
-	BOOL result = FALSE;
-	if( strcmp(value, "yes") == 0 || strcmp(value, "true") == 0 || strcmp(value, "on") == 0 ) {
-		*outBool = TRUE;
-		result = TRUE;
-	}
-	if( strcmp(value, "no") == 0 || strcmp(value, "false") == 0 || strcmp(value, "off") == 0 ) {
-		*outBool = FALSE;
-		result = TRUE;
-	}
-	return result;
-}
-
 
-STATIC BOOL parseIntegerValue(CONST_STRPTR value, LONG* outInt, PATTERNPTR integerProgram)
-{
-	BOOL result = FALSE;
-	StringArray matches = NULL;
+// TODO  I ended up not using these and just having all variable be strings.
+// The calling code can decide how to parse the strings into ints or bools or whatever
+// It just seemed like a step too far in complexity to have to decide for each 
+// variable what type it was and then keep track of that when we set, or collect values
 
-	if( matches = PatternRun(value, integerProgram) ) 
-	{
-		StringArrayFree(matches, TRUE);
-		*outInt = atol(value);
-		result = TRUE;
-	}
-	return result;
-}
+// STATIC BOOL parseBoolValue(CONST_STRPTR value, BOOL* outBool)
+// {
+// 	BOOL result = FALSE;
+// 	if( strcmp(value, "yes") == 0 || strcmp(value, "true") == 0 || strcmp(value, "on") == 0 ) {
+// 		*outBool = TRUE;
+// 		result = TRUE;
+// 	}
+// 	if( strcmp(value, "no") == 0 || strcmp(value, "false") == 0 || strcmp(value, "off") == 0 ) {
+// 		*outBool = FALSE;
+// 		result = TRUE;
+// 	}
+// 	return result;
+// }
+// 
+// 
+// STATIC BOOL parseIntegerValue(CONST_STRPTR value, LONG* outInt, PATTERNPTR integerProgram)
+// {
+// 	BOOL result = FALSE;
+// 	StringArray matches = NULL;
+// 
+// 	if( matches = PatternRun(value, integerProgram) ) 
+// 	{
+// 		StringArrayFree(matches, TRUE);
+// 		*outInt = atol(value);
+// 		result = TRUE;
+// 	}
+// 	return result;
+// }
 
 
 STATIC BOOL parseBlank(LINEPTR line, PATTERNPTR blankPatternProgram)