I like that thinking!!

Uh Duh, what is a eligible machine boss?

~laffin~ Someone who gets to boss machines around? ;)

What I meant was machines that are eligible for handcranks...all of mine have the boss under the handwheel...

yeah? I ain't laffin' there are some out here who won't figure it out that easy... I wants to know.

Well, I have seen some pretty machines here lately. I like the singers (a redeye is on my wish list) but am drawn to the older non-singer electric ones. I guess it is because I learned to sew on a Wizard that my mom bought with her first paycheck in the fall of 1966, when I was four years old. I still have the machine and got it out and cleaned it up today, and it is still just as pretty as then. And sews like a dream. Go figure. My mom made most of my clothes on it, and when I was 8, I started making some of my own. I wound up with it and used it for all my maternity and baby clothes and bedding too. It was the machine I used when I started "taking in sewing," as we say here in LA. I saw one similar to it on craigslist and decided to clean it up today. It looks alright for its miles and age I think.

Okay - what's a boss? What am I looking for on that Minnesota?

Beautiful! Is that the original cabinet that it is in? Cool piece of family history! :-)

I feel just about as stupid as the time my daughter told our friend her cat (stray wondered in) had tumors. (I knew nothing about the whole deal) The friend came right over, asked where the tumors were and my daughter lifted the cats tail and said right under there... male cat

Yes it is. It is my favorite machine of all the ones I have. I was just admiring all the ones here and re-reading old posts and seeing folks reminiscing about their first machine, and had to clean that baby up.

You just made my night. ROFLMAO