Thank you, Kathy! :D My Grandmother helped support the family by making clothes and quilts on a Singer treadle that my Great-Grandmother had given to her which had been bought before the Depression. In 1972, for Christmas all of her kids pooled the money to buy her a new Singer with a cabinet, & it was the only other machine she ever owned. My Aunt still uses it to this day. 8) If it ain't broke... :lol: Now Kathy, if you are in the mood to pass out sewing machines for B-day gifts, I have one in July... :lol: I'm not a snob either. I already have a bell on my phone, so I don't need another, & I can whistle for my dogs, so I don't need that either... :lol: