to bad you are so far away....I am (75) retired and testing out the machines sounds fun...right now I am house sitting for 8 weeks at a house with a longarm, an embroidery machine, my 301, and a fantastic air conditioner. Just finished wrapping most of my friends fabric stash on comic boards to fit the shelving her husband has built and will install when they return.....so, see, I could test drive all those babies.