"No Name" > wrote in message
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> Elder parents....grrrrrrrrrrr
>
> Tonight my 72 yr old father is telling me how he needs a $500 malt machine
> to make a good malt. Now keep in mind he has never shown interest in
making
> a smoothie, milkshake or mexican liquado. I told him that people that buy
> malt machines when not needed have more money than brains.
>
> My father is the type of pack rat that has one of everything but only uses
> those items once in 10 years.
>
> Don't retirees think of anything else but how to squander their hard
earned
> money on junk shown on the Home Shopping Network? Especially ones that
have
> a collection of tools and gadgets that they don't currently use?
>
> Can someone please answer 3 basic questions?
> 1) What is the big difference in a malt vs milkshake?
> 2) Does Dad need a malt machine, won't a blender do?
> 3) Can you share some basic recipes?


If your 72-year-old father wants a $500 malt machine, and will apparently
pay for it himself, what difference does it make to you? I'm glad my kids
don't try to tell their 77-year-old mother what $500 items she should or
shouldn't buy!

The man wants a malt machine? He should have a malt machine!

Felice