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I am very curious about the F&P. I have two questions at this time. One is how did you install the machines? Can one get away with just the two screws against the countertop like most other dishwashers do, or does one need to fasten it by the sides of the cabinets? What are the advantages and...

I think big companies are a double-edged sword of a kind: yes, they must do a lot of research, then again, once they do research and find out something costs even just 2 cents less, they can force people to believe that "most people prefer{a, b or c}" instead of d, which is what most people...

I agree with John, and would like to add that I've heard of way too many cases where a kid (or adult) got their allergies going full speed ahead and after many doctor visits, the doctor finally asks since when it has gotten worse and they say "since they removed the carpets". There is a very...

OK, let's try this again. Please don't make me go thru the intartubes searching for videos to post here. There are *plenty* of videos of machines with a "food disposer" getting rid of a hamburger, which sounds pretty impressive until we find the videos of machines made in Germany, with...

Well, just to give another American perspective, so Ingemar doesn't end up thinking all Americans think the same way, there are plenty of Americans who agree with Ingemar, many of my friends got exceedingly happy to find out their new dishwashers had a concealed heater -- when kids load the...

Well, there are multiple angles to look at this, and it's not cut and dry. My own mother was a home ec teacher, and she always told us to never put pyrex on wet surfaces or even cold granite countertops, for example. This was during the 60's and 70's, when it was supposedly still made with...

This is just anecdotal evidence, but here it goes. I have a friend who grew up in New Mexico. I forgot if this happened in Santa Fe or Albuquerque, but in any case, she tells the story of her family needing a larger home, they found one and bought it. The day after they moved in, her mom...

Glenn, it's at times like this that I would have loved if we could award someone a thousand "likes" instead of just one. The irony is palpable. I remember that up to the early 90's or so, only people in universities and rich companies could even pay for the internet, and even at that, not...

Jae: I think the channel title ("Amy learns to cook") is enough of a descriptor, and tells you what to expect. I find that sometimes I learn something from them, at the very least what not to do... :-P ;-) I offered the videos "as is", because I've seen them recently and didn't bother to look...

It looks like a slightly modified version of the NutriMill Artiste that Amy unboxed and tested a little while ago. I love my Bosch, but I'm not in a hurry to get smaller copy (NutriMill) or a copy of a copy (Wolfgang Puck). Unboxing: Review/Test:

If you think your pacemaker or defibrillation device is not compatible with either microwaves or induction, please talk to your doctor. That may have been true of very old equipment (both the implants and the household appliances) but it should not be true anymore -- modern appliances are way...

Hans: You are more than welcome to do whatever you want, including keeping the aluminum cookware. It's all good. For the record, induction cooking equipment for the home use (and, by some extension, restaurant use) *currently* is available for "magnetic" pots and pans only not because...

Tom: Now that you are hooked (yay!), please notify the guild of the person who hooked you, I believe we're still running the "every ten people you hook you get a toaster oven" thing! :-P   ;-)

I think it depends quite a lot. Yes, it's true that a lot of fabrics are sanforized and that currently fiber reactive dyes are less likely to bleed or fade or stain other fabrics. That being said, I'd think it depends on how comfortable you are with change. If you didn't pay much for the...

What do you mean finnish is hard? ;-) Saw this floating on the intarwebs some time ago, figured you people could get a kick out of it: English: A dog. Swedish: What? English: The dog. English: Two dogs. Swedish: Okay. We have: En hund, hunden, Två hundar, hundarna. German: Wait, I wan't to try...

Well, several of the links cracked me up, particularly the designer that implied one shouldn't have a luxury home with an Asko dishwasher because it didn't look good. Honey, if you *are* a designer, your *job* is to *make* the home look good with the selection(s) the owners told you they...

Well, my opinion of Consumer Reports is not good. We could just leave it at that. But hey, you asked. I think that just like a lot of folks we meet in real life, CR suffers from a lack of understanding of what they want to test, what would be a good way to test it and how they run the tests...

Some models of Bosch dishwashers have built-in softeners (even the ones made in US, I'm told). I think only the most TOL models are made in Germany now. Fisher&Paykel, oddly enough, seems to sell models with built-in softeners here in US, but not in AU or NZ. Dunno why. Dunno if it counts, as...

Matt (Moon1234): Lets just start by the least complicated of the statements you made. Lets talk about Brooks Brothers. Now, maybe you shouldn't be asking me, I am very far from a person who knows fashions, but, y'know, some of my best friends are and I'd like to think I pay attention to what...

I'm sorry, did I wake up in the wrong Universe today? They used to sell SelfAwareness[tm] for a dime a dozen pills at any local drugstore just last week, did they stop? The *only* way that JC Penny's could have *possibly* not marketed "lifestyle" is to do what a lot of catalogs from say...