On Aug 16, 2:40�am, "mequeenbe.nospam" > wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > On Aug 15, 9:06 pm, "Paul M. Cook" > wrote:
> > > "mequeenbe.nospam" > wrote in message
>
> > ....
>
> > > Consider what you want to do with it. That is a light duty mixer with a
> > > small bowl. If you intend to use it for baking it would be fine but if that
> > > includes a lot of breads, you'll probably not have good luck with it. I
> > > went with the beats, the Pro 6. I got it refurbed for about 250.00. It can
> > > do anything I throw at it including 2 pounds of bread dough.
>
> > Unless you're handicapped what's the big deal about kneading 2 pounds
> > of dough by hand... that's like kneading a couple small loaves worth
> > or a pair of B cups.
>
> i havve arthritis in both hands, (from being shackled to a cash
> register for over 20 years, when I owned the 24/7 store), therefore
> kneading the dough for bread has become difficult.

I did qualify by saying "unless you're handicapped". Actually
kneading dough is an excellent physical therapy for osteo arthritic
hands, which is what you have if as you say it developed from over 20
years of cash registar use, everyone gets osteo arthritis as they
age... rhumatoid arthritis can't be helped by exercise.