i know how yall feel. ive been robbed of a MINTY Hoover Portapower and PRISTINE commercial Waring blender. by the SAME coworker! both started out as loans, he then became attached and begged for me to sell. regreted it later, esp the Waring blender. ive replaced the Portapower with a better, nearly NIB, Dial-a-Matic-era model.