Thanks ! Kirk alias/ Santa..... how's Mrs Santa tell her "Hay from a Texan !" I can see how you got the position of SC!! you are special and thoughtful and the INFO helped! Gee... I am new... such a mess trying to FIT IN and yet... so excited.. making lots of mistakes.. but then .. then... along came the TEACHER>. and you helped put it in terms we can understand! T H A N K S !!! keep up the good work! susiesunshine - I'm working on gett'n it right!

Did you click on me? Mine is blue, and I think I clicked on it recently to see what I have there - nothing. Well, my name is purple now because I clicked on myself. My browser remembers for awhile, then if I clear out my cookies and other things, it reverts back to blue or they expire. It's nothing to worry about. Sometimes it's a help in finding the threads you've clicked/read/posted on.

I have a cousin who wrote a cookbook as he used to be a chef in his earlier years. He was also in acting and was a radio announcer for a radio station in VT. His cookbook didn't sell as well as he hoped. I did provide him with a few favorite recipes however, just to help fill some additional pages. Because these threads tend to drop off after a preset amount, we have no control over very old posts, unless they are 'resurrected' before dropping off. Writing a synopsys of all the facts is a daunting task. I just hope that new-bees spend a few minutes to do searches before sending personal emails. Had I not taken the extra effort to copy and paste the above, it would have gone unshared. Once in a while I come up with a neat trick, and always like to share the experiences. My most sucessful has been to use the acid blend when making jellies. I have to say that I have not seen a single jar of my jellies spoil even after using all Splenda as a sweetener. Several years ago, no one ever heard of Clear Jel, until I posted links and mentioned using it, as well as the Pomona pectin. These 'tidbits' are now showing up in real web search links to the GW pages. Nice to know that they are not buried long after a few 100 links before them. As to been there, done that, I sure have had my share of that!

Daewoo is a big Korean company with a checkered past. Check out the Wikipedia article about them for some interesting reading. I don't think anyone on this forum would recommend you buy a W/D that is not being sold anymore from a questionable company that does not have a US presence. Most of the reviews of their washers are from Australia. You may be on your own if you buy it. A safer bet may be to look for a floor model or scratch/dent set that is on sale from a "normal" brand like Whirlpool, Samsung, LG, etc. At least you know it can be fixed if it breaks. Good luck with your shopping.