pennyaline wrote:
>[snip]
> The point is that the OP was focusing on heavily advertised high-end
> names. To you, it implied that he was ignoring or had no awareness
> of other preferred manufacturers. To Sheldon, it seemed to mean that
> the OP was a dildo head with no real knowledge of the necessities of
> the home cook and only after a status symbol.
>
> My opinion is that the OP just one more member of the population that
> suffers from More Money Than Brains.

Surely this is too harsh. Here's a person who wants, for reasons not
stated, to upgrade his cooking machinery. He quickly discovers which
are the "heavily advertised high-end names." Perfectly normal, since
that's the purpose of heavy advertising. Does he run out and buy them?
No, he finds a newsgroup devoted to cooking -- not to high-end
consumerism -- and asks questions, trying to gather information from
people who might have experience or knowledge.

What do you give him? Gratuitous insults and self-promoting
pseudosociology. Unfortunately, I myself don't have any experience or
knowledge about any of these units, but I hope somebody posts something
more helpful.

-aem