No offence meant - any non US readers with a sense of humour (sorry but in
my view you cannot have a sense of humour if you are from the USA) would
recognise that as a line from Fawlty Towers.

Re appliances - I have contacted dealers in Australia for various brands and
have always been able to get spares very easily.

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article > , "Viviane"
> > wrote:
>
>> At the risk of suggesting the bleeding obvious, have you tried to get
>> in touch with a local Braun dealer - they should be able to supply
>> you directly or put you in touch with some one who can.
>
> No. It was a bleeding Sunday and those bleeding folks aren't open. I
> figured I'd try the bleeding good folks on rec.food.equipment. My
> bleeding Google searches weren't giving me what I was looking for in the
> first 50 or so hits and I bleeding just don't have the heart to look
> through the other thousands. Thanks for your bleeding help, though. "-)
> --
> -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-22-04; Popovers!.
> "Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
> -Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.
>