Cat Mom, I really liked the display too. The chef did about 3 minutes on SubZero and almost nothing on the gas ranges, but everything was there for fondling, measuring, getting the feel of size/looks. HPX, I'm with you on the ovens. They were really great. Plllog, I'm still figuring out the other attendees too! There were maybe 20 of us and I spoke in some depth to six people (I got nosy and was all "so when do you break ground on your renovation? What are you in the market for? Did anything you saw here tonight change your mind?") So sweeping generalizations from small sample size follow. The crowd skewed older - mid-50s and up, with four of us I'd peg for younger than that. I wouldn't recognize a designer outfit if it smacked me in the head, but based on the jewelry, handbags and plastic surgery I saw, this was an upper-middle-income-plus crowd. Of the six I spoke with, three people (one couple, one woman) were buying appliances for their second homes. One couple was proudly buying an entire Wolf/SZ suite of appliances, everything from microwave to outdoor grill, and the guy got a little testy when I asked what other brands he was looking at, as in "what else has this kind of name recognition?" And many of the participants treated this as a cooking class. Besides the from-scratch-cookies amazement and the salmon thing, they were quizzing the chef on the best pans to buy and how many minutes per pound to cook a Thanksgiving turkey. I got the impression that most people were looking at their purchases as status first, cooking capability a distant second. The ovens would be nice for the caterer to use, but the interest level dropped off significantly as the chef went into detail on the differences between bake, roast and convection bake. These were casual cooks at best.

Didi. Bottom 3 were Didi, Tim and Katie.

With that stupid situation going on with "vote for the worst" anything can happen. (Vote for the worst dot com)While the site gurus are sticking with voting for Tim Urban, anyone that doesn't really understand what the site is about may vote for who they think is the worst from last night. This can really skew the votes, and is likely why Big Mike was in trouble last week. I really don't think any one of the bunch is that much of a standout, but I do agree that Andrew was pathetic last night. I hope he goes home as he has bored me for weeks now. Casey bores me too, but I know he is popular so I would doubt he'll go anywhere. Aaron was coming along but sure didn't show much stage presence last night. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out, and don't forget, the judges have used their one save for the season, so anyone could go home now. Suzan J

The black plastic "tile" has perforations in it. It is buried underground in areas that have excess water and they connect in a network to "county tiles" that criss-cross the area. Original tile (in our area, is made from local clay that was fired in kilns. This is from the turn of the last century. Then they used concrete (and still do for the big "mains). Now it is mostly the black hard plastic perforated tile that is in different sizes. It can be installed by digging a trench, but most tile is pulled into the ground now with GPS guided tile plows. I even have my yard tiles and my eve spouts drain into them also - keeping my basement nice and dry and no dang spouts to move when i mow! One of the perks of being married to a farmer - lol!