Quite a few lookers at eBay and it has a bidder without being a day old. Good! I put in verbiage this time about bidding now, not waiting and maybe forgetting and missing it. I wonder if that made a difference?

Potential fur buyer: If you've read clear down to the bottom of this auction, chances are this looks like a nice coat, with a reasonable starting price, and you will choose to watch, perhaps bid at the last minute if you remember. Won't you be disappointed if the winner gets it for a price you would have happily paid? Why not go ahead and bid now? Name your maximum price, stick to your limits, and watch to see what happens. In these times of fiscal uncertainty, bargains are all the more welcome, and if your bid does happen to be the winner, you'll have the best quality coat of this type at a great price and I'll have more room in my closet! Happy bidding!

I have spoken with a friend whose roommate is good at fixing mechanical things. I discussed the possiblility of offering a good dinner and a cash incentive, if he thinks his roomie would come fix my washer. After that noise last night it would not spin. Something is broken, but what Sears charges to fix things is enough to make me want to try something else first. Fingers crossed I can get a schematic of the machine and figure out what part I might need to buy (or what part he can repair or put back into place, whatever).

SRS