manicmike

A guy that works in my local place said that too. He recalled the procedure for destroying them, too. Urgh! Described some of them as "like new". The stuff of nightmares for us, and I can't un-hear it

Vridar

Now I can't "unhear" that! I can only imagine the machines being destroyed. Some that I'm not even aware of. It makes for a great Horror Movie Theme.

manicmike

I didn't describe the procedure! Don't ask and you still have a chance to avoid the nightmares.

Cecilia S.

Great Gobs.

Acid and fire?

Now I am curious.

Or maybe beige spraypaint.

:-)

Vridar

Mocha or beige spray paint is worse than my imagination of monsters with sledge hammers ;-)

Cecilia S.

Mocha
Cappuccino
Ecru
Champagne
Portobello
Sand


All just polite words for beige.

manicmike

OK, since you insisted. Three men had to be there: One did the machine in with a sledgehammer, and the other two had to watch. All three of them signed the order as destroyer and witnesses (as mentioned the destruction was so the machines could never be re-sold).
He said that while he worked for Singer he saw thousands of serviceable sewing machines get whacked.

Cecilia S.

Suddenly my warm and fuzzy feelings for Singer are fading, fading... to a sort of sickly beige.

mlmack

So they literally destroyed the competition.

Vridar

Beige spray paint sounds even worse. They tried to soften the Black to beige transition by calling it Mocha. Beige by any other name...;-)

Isn't it amazing where these threads take us?