On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:40:36 -0600, "graham" > wrote:

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>"Chemiker" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:47:28 -0500, Sqwertz
>> > wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:39:06 -0500, phaeton wrote:
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>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:18:59 -0500, Andy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> phaeton said...
>>
>>>> I'm not counting on that either, but it sure looks like you can get
>>>> 'rebuild kits' pretty inexpensively, and since I have the DIY spirit i
>>>> think i could pull this off someday, should I have to.
>>
>> Even if you run into trouble, the popularity of the KA mixers has been
>> such that there is a "shadow" inventory of parts all over the country.
>> Virtually every appliance repair shop that handles KA at all has, I
>> can almost guarantee, cardboard boxes full of parts for older models.
>>
>...and even bigger ones for the new models!
>
Do I detect a certain *uncertainty* about the reliability of the
new KA's?

I wonder myself.....

Got a K5 and a K6. They never get thrown away. Our kids
will gladly fight each other for one. We referee.

Alex, enjoying the seat of POWER!