I am going to get a blender for my wife.

Blendtec
 
 
http://www.blendtec.com/
 
 
the best

Mooch4056
How come when Bapu posts ridiculous stuff everyone replies but when I post ridiculous stud few reply?

IIRC I've never posted anything ridiculous.
 
Useless, yes. Ridiculous, no.

It may not help much, but I stumbled  onto this:
 
http://shopping.yahoo.com/news/biggest-mistakes-you-make-when-using-your-food-processor-200040231.html
 

craigb
I may have limited knowledge in this area (being a single guy and all), but I've been told I have this part down correctly.
 
NEVER buy something practical for your wife's (or girlfriend's) birthday or Christmas.  It will only cause years of grief (they never, ever forget).
 
You need to get something impractical like jewelry, stuffed animals, fine candy, purses, shoes or a new Jaguar (or a stuffed animal wearing the jewelry while holding the candy next to a nice purse and shoes all in the front seat of a new car).

Be extremely careful when following this advice as he left out a key part known as "Female Unforgivable Gifting of Unmatched Precedent syndrome (aka FUGUP syndrome). 
 
You see, for us guys if we get an especially nice gift from our lovely lady it's like, "Cool! Great!", and then that's that.
 
But for our fairer sex, it doesn't end there! They file away this lovely gift information and all gifts given in the future will be compared to this new standard. If, by chance, a future gift seemingly does not measure up to the standard this will be taken by them as an indication that your relationship now "has problems".
 
And there is almost nothing worse than being in a relationship with a fine lady who is constantly examining and wanting to discuss said relationship.

Ok, fine.  Back to the blender then.  I have the following Kitchenaid blender which can definitely be recommended.  It's tough enough for just about anything and Kitchenaid's customer service is excellent.  The first blender I bought had an electrical issue and the company immediately sent me a replacement and asked me to return the defective unit in the same box - all at their expense.  None of this "return the old one first and we'll send you a new one stuff." 
 

sharke

craigb

 This reminds me of something that happened when I was a kid, maybe around 1981 or so. We were visiting my aunt down in Torquay and it was her birthday. My uncle's present to her was a new vacuum cleaner. So while she was at work, my uncle had us all mess up the living room carpet as much as we could. We flung rice around and emptied ashtrays all over the floor. Of course when she got back from work she was furious at the mess....at which point my uncle wheeled in the new vacuum (with a bow around it) and said "Happy Birthday darling." She seemed completely over the moon and immediately set about vacuuming up the mess with a big smile on her face.  I cringe when I think of this now. Just goes to show how times have changed since then. It would be a brave man indeed to pull off something like that on his wife's birthday nowadays. 

Man .....that's serious!

Get her a vacuum and an iron while you're at it ...
 
Heee
 
J

 Well how did it go Mooch? Are you still in the main living area?

Ps.. Next Sunday is our anniversary..... I doomed I tell you ... How do I top a blender that she had to take back?

We will expect a "blender" sample when you have time... and asparagus soup... no thank you. I like asparagus, I planted a plot of it once. Dug a hole the size of a grave, only 3 or 4 ft deep, laid manure in the bottom, covered it and planted the roots. I don't remember if it came up the first year but we got asparagus from it every year, lots of it... It AM good but it make my pea stink.
 
I've thought about getting a good juicer. Fresh organic vegetable juice is VERY good for you and especially fights against cancers however... I am too lazy to fool with it. I had a slice of 25 layer chocolate cake for breakfast and 5 raw jumbo eggs in a glass for lunch... supper was different. Wifey cooked cube steak, zipper peas, fried some of the okra I grew, sliced some of my tomatos, had a ripe cayenne pepper ( grew it too), and corn on the cob... I AM full now!!
 
J

Jonbouy
Hey Mooch.

I just posted in your thread.  Does that count for nothing these days or is it all about the wife now?

Somedays I wish I could have married both of you

Mooch4056
Ps.. Next Sunday is our anniversary..... I doomed I tell you ... How do I top a blender that she had to take back?

A nice gas-powered weed whacker perhaps?