Me, too, JMiller. Ummmmmmmmmmmm, dog bone? New one on me--or should I say "I learn something new every day.
And, I, too am of the scissors/snips crowd. Those thread cutters never did work for me--too awkward and I guess I am just too set in my own ways to try to make something that I am not accustomed to, work. The HV has automatic thread cutters that you push a button to make it work, and it cuts the thread so short that you are sure that it won't pick up for the next seam, but it does. I did get used to using that one.