Dustcollector and Loger Thanks for the help. I tried the links that you both provided and it looks like they have blades that would work. I made a return trip to Sears where a different saleman said that even though they did not have them, what I need is a "U" shank with a hole in it. In order to try to get something locally, I went to a nearby Harbor Freight store. They had a set of blades that work. It is a 30 piece set of various sizes and was only $11.99 including a nylon pouch to carry them. These blades fit perfectly and 30 of them should last quite a while. I have bought a lot of tools at Harbor Freight (no power tools though) and have never had a problem with any of them. Some are an even better buy than those I find at other local stores. Thanks for taking the time to respond. If you hadn't, I would have probably thrown away these tools and replaced them. Now, with two of them and all of these blades, I should be set for many more years of use. Sorry it took so long to reply but I wanted to resolve this before responding.

Polly, I'm so glad this worked out so well! I bet you'll notice that others in your family and friends will follow your lead and do this too. What you avoided: My four-year-old neice just received 9 (yes, that's nine) new American Girl Dolls including all accessories and furniture bits for her birthday. Of course, that was only part of the gift haul. She's got an older sister and an entire toy room of dolls and furniture and costumes already. My SIL is from a big family and they celebrate all holidays and birthdays with big get-togethers and I think there's a lot of competition as to who buys the most/best. These are NOT families with a ton of money, either. Holy cow. Thank you thank you for being so strong and forging ahead with your idea! You're happy, your son is happy, the charity is happy, and your guests are happy. That's what a party is all about! Good job!

Hi Sweetie. I hope to be around more often now. My life isn't my own as Daughter and 13 yr old Granddaughter live with me. Keeping up a house and cooking for everyone is a lotta work. Not to mention dealing with a teen!!! ARG! Have missed my friends here. The vacation post reminded me of my "Road Trip" across the US a few years ago when I got to meet several of the KTers. Would luv to do it again! Might be a little tougher am not as young as I used to be. Still a bit on the fun and crazy side tho. Smooches

On the old KT, there were 25 (or 30) titles per page, and 67 pages, with the ones left at the end of page 67 dropping over the cliff into a chasm ... or, so I thought. But if one were to conduct a search, using several relevant words, I think that some could be retrieved from archives, after that. Some of the slower moving forums had really old titles on page 5 or 6, of maybe a dozen or 14 in total ... don't think I ever checked how old the ones were on some of those oldest page lists. ole joyful