On Apr 3, 5:38*am, Andy > wrote:


> My BIL saw a Vitamix demonstrated at a food show. He came back with
> wonderous stories about it.

> To us it was just a shiny metal blender and a LOUD one at that.
>
> To be fair, with their long standing great reputation, their products are
> obviously prized possessions the world round.



Yes, prized, and obviously too expensive for a guy like me who
still uses a fork to mash beans and garlic and other things. The most
I ever paid for a blender was $30 or so. The glass container slipped
out of my hands a few years back and they don't have replacements. A
few weeks ago I took time from my empty but impatient life to check
out a few blenders at Walmart and most of them had features that I
don't need, as well as, even worse, features I found ugly or
impractical. More marketing. Yeah, let's sell them a blender with a
spout in it and charge extra for the service, because we all know that
nobody really knows how to pour things themselves. If I could afford
a good blender (or a good anything), I'm sure I'd have it, if I wanted
it badly enough. Thank you.

TJ