Thanks to all!


Called Sears again an hour or so ago. This time I got
someone REALLY REALLY GOOD!

At first he said there was a Sears Parts-dept only 12 miles away,
in someplace called "college point". Never heard of it. Google maps
"Sears college point" found it for me.

Twelve miles as the crow flies. Not so bad if you're a crow.

A little different in a car. I live in New Rochelle, in
Westchester. College Park is in Queens, across a tiny inlet
from La Guardia.

That means the Whitestone Bridge with its ever-rising tolls,
then getting lost in Queens. Total time probably three hours,
at least two, and mucho traffic besides.

So I just gave him my credit card number, and they'll be here
in what, a week or so?

(Because the price was only $4.00, the shipping twice that,
I ordered three of them. At 20 or 25 years for the current
one, I think they'll last long beyond my need for them!)


I'll read over all the suggestions, both for soaking and not
soaking, and decide what to do for the interim.

THANKS!

David