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Post by stoney on Mar 24, 2011 11:59:03 GMT -5
I now have 275 watts of pure cookie-making power, baby!!
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Post by Clipper on Mar 24, 2011 12:33:13 GMT -5
LOL. I love it Stoney. Can ya feel the power?? Yeehaw. Kathy's mixer is scary when she makes bread dough. It has the dough hook and it doesn't even grunt mixing the dough. It seems as if it could get out of control, throw the dough ball through the kitchen window and tip my truck on it's side, ROFL. Her old Sunbeam could be removed from it's base to be used as a hand mixer, but it weighed several pounds,   ROFL. |
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Post by chris on Mar 24, 2011 18:00:24 GMT -5
Did you buy a Kitcheaid. I love mine. (red) artisan model
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Post by Clipper on Mar 25, 2011 0:03:31 GMT -5
Yes Chris. She bakes bread, cakes, pies and cookies all the time, and it was one of the best investments I ever made for her. I don't know if is an artisan model or not. It cost about $300 about 10 years ago, it is used just about daily for one thing or another and it has never skipped a beat. I make sausage with the grinder attachment, and we roll pasta dough with the pasta maker attachment.
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Post by JGRobinson on Mar 28, 2011 6:23:02 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your defunct mixer Stoney, what will you make your "Sweet Leaf" treats with now?
I started my civilian life as an Apprentice Tech at NHTV. Back then we fixed everything, microwaves, toaster ovens and anything with a power cord or battery compartment! We paid $625 wholesale for a VCR and made $100 when we sold one. Soap Opera and Movie lovers brought their VCR's in every 3 to 6 months for a $22.50, Clean and Service. Repair's ranged upwards to $100, Cha-Ching!
Then came the "I'm not going to pay a lot for this Muffler" mentality. Prices slowly dropped over 30 years so that now you can buy a new VCR for $25.00! They gave us exactly what we were demanding, high tech junk; our landfills, Manufacturing Sector and Economy have all paid the ultimate price for a bargain. As we throw this stuff out every two, Billions of Barrels of oil go with it.
I saw the peak of the market, life was good, we had 6 Technicians and a couple Sales Counter Staff, I knew the decline was to follow and decline it did. Luckily I got out 17 years ago and re-purposed my Consumer Electronics Technician function towards more Commercial, research and other work.
George Kreuzkamp is still running whats left of it behind Big apple but its a dead business. Sad, Georgie is the best E-Techs I have ever met, I don't know how he survives. If you do have a TV, Stereo, Band equipment piece or something worth saving, bring it down to George, I think he still does free estimates. Be forewarned, he's a grump, a bit nosy but a good guy at heart and a fantastic Electronics Technician! (315) 732-0177, Tell him Johnny sent you.
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Post by jon hynes on Mar 28, 2011 13:09:58 GMT -5
George Kreuzkamp is still running whats left of it behind Big apple but its a dead business. Sad, Georgie is the best E-Techs I have ever met, I don't know how he survives. If you do have a TV, Stereo, Band equipment piece or something worth saving, bring it down to George, I think he still does free estimates. Be forewarned, he's a grump, a bit nosy but a good guy at heart and a fantastic Electronics Technician! (315) 732-0177, Tell him Johnny sent you. I used to work with George at French Road in the early '60s and we got to be good friends. Along with working there he had the New Hartford TV business and he also repaired the Arcade machines at the malls, A work-a-holic in the true sense. I went by the store to discover the store empty and that he had disappeared. It wasn't until I ran into him at Lowe's this fall that he told me that he just moved around back. You're right he's a great guy and sure knows electronics. |
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Post by JGRobinson on Mar 28, 2011 17:15:40 GMT -5
We called him Kreuzer, what a peice of work! I took over his Time Out Amusement Repair/ Rebuild Gig for a few years, it was fun but god awful noisy! He's still a workaholic but now I fear he is lacking in work.
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ROFL.
