Am I the only one who yearns to buy a coffee maker, VCR, or any other small electronic device that is nondigital? A simple on-off switch, no memory, LCD display, or any other bells and whistles? I have a new video cmaera that I am sure I will never get the hang of, simply because for one thing, everything I need to know is in a pulldown menu, and mostly because the d***n print is so small that people 40 and older can't read it anyway. I am not a Luddite who doesn't enjoy technology, but now it has gotten so technical that every time our power goes off, the whole house seems to blink on and off until my son comes by and resets everything! For 50 year old eyes, I would gladly sacrifice the ability to program in when I want the coffee pot to come on for a switch, either it is on or it is off! If I am alone in this let me know and I will try again to cope with this annoyance. I have found an old style percolator that is being made with these features, but as you might expect, it is back ordered. Maybe there's a reason it is...perhaps people want this stuff! Reminds me of a situation where I used to buy a particularly good wine at the local grocery. Everytime it came in, it would sell out so fast, I took to buying all that was available. After it had been gone for a few weeks I asked the stock manager about it, and he told me that htey had stopped getting it as everytime he got it in it would sell out so fast the shelf stayed empty, so they stopped getting it! I know this is the first time a thread has showed creep with the original posting, but there is some correlation somewhere! Anyone else want to bitch?