oh, Miriam -- I don't want a new one at all. I have never tried to work on one, but I think the name 'plastic wonder' is probably pretty apt!
He did email me this morning and ask me if I wanted to use it or collect it. I told him that i wanted to put that sweet thing to work! ;0) then, admitted that I might be a collector also, since I had two that didn't work (the rocketeers). Told him to google "singer 500a" and see what I *wished* mine looked like!
I have thirty, now - but I'll be stuck there for a while. =//.
two of my (*!#) kids lost textbooks.