Hi all Seriously, how do you do it? Some very interesting people out there. I wanted to join the forum to get some feedback from time to time but this site offers so much more than that! I'm almost 51 and live in Bunbury WA. I'm married and between my wife and I we have three kids, if you can call them kids at 23, 21 and 19. We've been married almost 4 years. I work with a mining company and have done for over 30 years (yeah I know sad isn't it) My wife (Kylie is 43 and is gorgeous) and I like to eat out, go to the movies, go to concerts and travel. Our travels are mostly to Bali. I love to fish, enjoy all sorts of music and if the Blues win the AFL flag this year and Bruce Springsteen tours Oz as some are suggesting he will, then my life will pretty much be complete. Kylie and I enjoy our coffee but I have to honest, we're not in the same league as some of you. We have owned manual and semi automatic machines and we're in the process of deciding on buying a San Marco 85e for use at home. We're a little disappointed at how long some of our machines have lasted and so we're looking to invest in a machine that hopefully will last many years. I hope the robust nature of this model is worthwhile. It is a manual machine but i think the art of coffee making is enhanced when you have more input yourself. Anyway, if any of you out there have any advice on this particular machine then please feel free to share your thoughts. Cheers
