Hi Bill Thanks for the kind words..............
Over the years I've found that true happiness is having something that fits your requirements as best as can be found, and damn the cost. The pleasure you get from using a superb tool (boat, car, etc.) each time you use it, far outweighs what it originally cost. The cost is long forgotten, but the pleasure of it's use remains. My parents bought a Hobart three speed mixer back in the early '30. It had been doing faithful duty, mixing cake batter, shredding veggies, grinding meat; till about '77. Then I totally overhauled it, and my daughter is still enjoying a wonderful machine, today. When my wife started making gingerbread houses and holding workshops, I went to Hobart and tried to buy her a new machine. To buy one you almost have to break down the Hobart office door and yell, "I want an N50 Mixer!" Hobart's answer is not, "Oh we'd be pleased to sell you one, but rather; a sharp intake of breath and then, ............but they are expensive! We only sell them to Home Economics Classes at Universities." After almost hauling the man behind the counter over the counter and slapping him on both cheeks, I told him I WANT ONE, and I never asked you how expensive they were. Finally I got the new machine and it has been doing yeoman service ever since. I guess the moral is, buy the best and enjoy it every time you use it. The Montgomery is in the same category. It may be small, but the design is elegant; you have excellent storage; and it has great performance! (and makes the big boat owners jealous because we can sail at any time we want to, and anywhere we want; they can't..............) Connie _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
