Looks just like the Mazda plant. Ok not really. Not even a little. But it does look a lot like the Ferrari plant that they showed on Extreme Factories a week or two ago. Very impressive. Everything is done by hand.

Not a casting issue. The same grates are fine in other positions and other grates that were fine, in other positions wobble if put in the wobble location. Mine has the diagonal wobble on 2 grates. The wobble occurs from the back left of the grate to the font right. This is on the back left and back right positions. Seeing what I read above, this seems to happne at least on two grates for those affected but the positions on the rangetop are not the same. When I go home I will try flipping around the grate supports and see if the position changes. Mine is being hooked up today. I also called capitol for the new trays and supports, since I can see I have the grate spacing/movement issue. I can see the grate hole wouldn't remain centered over the burner without them.

I brought back truffle oil, garden seeds, olive oil and wine. Italian seed packets are huge. Also, they add nothing to the weight and bulk of your luggage. The olive oil and wine were from a vineyard/olive grove tour. Four bottles were packaged for travel. Bologna is the main objective for my next trip to Italy. From what I've learned, it has the food I would most enjoy in all of Italy. That should be quite wonderful, since all the food I ate on my trip to the region around Florence was wonderful. For a month after that trip, I tried to duplicate those dishes on a daily basis. I did quite well for a while but now the memory needs refreshing. I need another trip. Mementos to bring home would be a low priority for me. The live experience is what's important -- the meals, the wine, the sights, the creature comforts which are abundant and essential to Italian life. They can't be packaged. The glass and pottery are beautiful though. I would probably shop for one of those serving bowls. Also, Italian shoes are the finest. Have a great trip. Jim

Well, this discussion got too interesting for me, and I guess I have too much time on my hands today. So I decided to do a little research and write this long-winded article for your reading enjoyment. ;o) There is a franchise of this business in the north Georgia area (close enough to me to make it a local phone call). So I called to ask their prices. This was for the sake of investigation and discussion, I don't plan to go. Like I said above, it's just not our cup of tea, my DD would only go kicking and screaming. It's all I can do to get her to brush her hair. ;o) This package for one girl is $49.95, and takes 90 minutes. I'd guess you'd need to tip, too. Pampered Princess: Shampoo, haircut, style out, mini-mani, mini-pedi, 2 nail arts, ring, toe ring. There are smaller packages, and a bigger one that includes make-up. So I also asked about a party, just one party package that seemed about middle of the road. A Perfect Princess Party is $259 for the birthday girl plus 8 guests, and includes: "We'll be getting you and your princess friends ready for the ball with beautiful gowns, fairy-tale up-dos, sparkling Make-up and the perfect nail polish. Then it's on to your crowning, where each princess is regally announced and receives her very own tiara and a sprinkling of fairy dust. The Princess Ball concludes with a group photo and each new princess receiving a certificate proclaiming her royal status, and fun and feasting in party place. 'Happily ever after' starts here. Party take-homes for each girl include the princess makeover, tiara, princess certificate and photo folio." Their website also says they do workshops for girls, including one that's just for fun, one about manners, and one about operating a beauty business. The workshops run $20-25/girl. So, IMHO, they actually seem to offer diverse services for girls. Just to compare to another affluent birthday experience, I also checked an American Girl party at one of their locations. That runs $450 for 8 girls, and it does include a meal as well as activity and game. An American Girl doll starts at $90, outfits are of course more. You can take your AG doll to a location and have her hair done for $10-20, depending on style. You won't see me having one of those parties, either, but I did just spend $150 on DD's American Girl doll to look like her, a gymnastics outfit and doll hair brush, that's her Christmas gift from us. A ticket for one day in Disney's Magic Kingdom, Orlando, is $63/child and $75/adult. Of course, travel expenses would vary. For me, it would cost a tank of gas there, and another back. We could stay with family near-by, but we'd still spend money on food in the park. So if I only took DD for one day, it would run 138 admission, 120 gas (this week), 50 food, there is parking, too, right? So just over $300, no souvenirs. The way I see, one of those experiences is no more of a crime against society, or no more morally corrupt, than another. It's OK to do something extravagant just to make your child feel special a few times in their life, so long as you can still pay your bills. Should a person feel guilty taking their kids on a vacation to Disney just because not everyone can afford to go? Should I skip an expensive anniversary dinner at a nice restaurant b/c some people won't have dinner? Or is it OK as long one also makes a generous contribution to a charity to compensate? If a person works hard for what they have, is it not OK for them to just enjoy a luxury once in a while? Does their experience have to meet some ethically acceptable standards to be justified? I agree it is frivolous. So is a Disney vacation, a $90 doll and sets of dishes we use once a year. Does that make it a bad thing? I don't think so. We all justify a splurge once in a while with the thought it will make a loved one feel special. It's more affordable to make your daughter a princess for the day at this spa than to take her to see a princess at Disney. If a little girl with luekemia makes a wish to have a beauty treatment at this spa, who would deny her than wish b/c it is too vain? So then why is it wrong for any other little girl to want that treatment for a day? The world is full of excessively vain people who have their priorities screwed up, I don't deny that. But pleasure in life's luxuries and compassion for others are not mutually exclusive.