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I have the immediate predecessor (2005) to the "LaPerla", the G898SCI "Premiere Plus". Back in 2006, it retailed for $2,395, but I purchased a end-of-model-year floor model for $1,295. It's been nothing but wonderful. It's needed one repair which was handled under warranty. It does seem to clean...

Sigh.. Why do I feel the need to defend my state every time some eff-ing bonehead Christianist does something bone-headed? We're not all knuckle-dragging fire-breathing Baptist fundamentalists. Some of us (nay, many of us) are quite progressive. I just happen to live in a small state that makes...

How about... ask a licensed Funeral Director (that would be me),and I'll be glad to tell you the un-varnished truth about my industry. I'm certainly not ashamed about working for one of the (now) "Big 2" death care corporations. The third "Big 3" was purchased a few weeks ago by number 1, SCI...

I paid off my rental condominium several years ago, and have been steadily (annually) nagged by my CPA to get into more mortgage debt for the tax write-off. I do have a small HELOC on the property, and have to exercise control to keep from the temptation of freely spending the available credit...

Happy birthday from another AW.org member who shares your birthdate (09/12)! Dave

I'm all too familiar with downsizing and its ramifications to our everyday economic lives. I suppose I was just hoping that Miele (Claro) might be a hold-out. Swishful thinking at best. Interesting review on German DW detergents, tho' I couldn't understand a word except brand names, and that...

Well, I suppose it was inevitable. Miele has hiked it's prices for dishwasher tablets while greatly reducing the quantity per package. The last time I purchased Miele tabs (6 or more months ago), I purchased the tall dark blue box with the tucked waist which contains 80 tabs in water-soluble...

I don't know if I stay amazed or bewildered at the "size difference" I experience when I move from my daily driver Lexus SUV to my occasional weekender '84 Lincoln Mark VII. I feel positively claustrophobic in the Mark VII with it's low and cosseting interior after getting out of the up-high and...

Even in death.... Guess who the fastest rising star in the US casket business is? Nope, it's not Batesville Casket of Batesville, IN (country's largest)..it's CHINA! They copy American casket design, and then manufacture and ship the units (metal or wood) for pennies on the dollar. They have no...

Take a tour of the Capitol area by Segway! It's a blast, and a blind man (the husbear,)and someone as relatively uncoordinated as yours truly can do this with a 5 minute lesson. My older brother (with whom we stayed) bought us the tour tickets. The tour itself lasted 2 hours, but we zoomed in...

I've owned the "Deluxe" version of this coffeemaker for more than a year, and it's held up commendably well. It features a large, round blue backlit clock/timer, and a coffee strength button which really does affect the coffee taste from mild to wonderful. The blind husbear has dropped the...

In case it didn't make it into my previous email..our COMPLETELY worthless, un-married, under 40, millionaire, property speculatin', beer drinkin' car racin' arrogant (fur covered hard-bodied) proudly Christianist Lt. Governor Andre Bauer...

Thoughts from a South Carolina resident... I trust y'all are speaking about South Carolina's own Moral Majority Governor, Mark Sanford; he of the sickening love e-mails and clandestine trips to Argentina to be with her...over the course of Father's Day, whilst his millionaire wife (her daddy...

Here's her "rear end" shot with the infamous "Continental hump". The Mark VII was manufactured from 1984 until 1992, when the Mark VIII replaced it. The Versace edition was only manufactured during 1984-85, back when Versace was "...an exciting, promising young designer..", according to the...

It's not a classic...yet, but my 1984 Lincoln Continental Mark VII Versace Edition with only 46K miles on her will be there soon. I bought it in Ft. Lauderdale in late January, and have enjoyed the looks and stares. The interior is so fabulous, people think it's been restored. No, it's just been...

Yes, it's that delicious time of year again known as "Bear Hunt", in downtown Myrtle Beach, SC. The weather will be sunny and in the upper 80's, the brush fires are out, and none of them threatened downtown Myrtle Beach anyway. According to the organizers of this years' sold-out sun (and sex...

I have and will continue to use Miele tabs. I have discovered that 1 tab cut in half with a pair of kitchen shears (due to the water soluble wrapping, breaking them in half isn't a convenient option.) will more than satisfactorily clean the most greasy spaghetti sauce slathered mess I can offer...

So, does this mean I can use a small amount of LCB in my Miele W1930? I ask, because 180F washes even with STPP ain't gettin' the whites as white as I remember them being when I could use LCB in the FriGEMore. The owners' manual of said machine says "DO NOT use bleach in this machine!" I figured...

How about we share any favorite homemade cleaning supplies recipies. I'll start with a recipe for home made glass cleaner, which may be subject to finessing: 1 cup water 1 cup rubbing alcohol 1 TB white vinegar Combine in a spray bottle, use as you would store bought. Using newspaper is said to...

I should think that One might be much more comfortable with the Miele Rotary Iron, if One has to press One's own table linens, etc. Surely, One has staff for that type of thing??! http://www.miele.com/usa/laundry/rotaryIron/product.asp?model=35&series=26&subcat=17&cat=4