After dumping cookies and searching the hinterlands for blocks on the site, I gave up. A month or so of never trying to get this thread to show I clicked on a post from Miriam from my this thread's daily email (thank God for that or I would have gone nuts) and voila! I'm sure the neighborhood could hear me hootin' and hollerin'.
Yes, I do have new machines. Some of you know about Vlad the Impaler. It is a Kenmore/White 117.551 and sews nice handsome stitches. I love the strange foot pedal! It is so easy to control and my foot never gets hot. For those of you that don't have a mental image to rely on, a picture will follow.