Thanks for the warm welcome.  I ordered my TM 31 yesterday from Canada.  I live in the States and it is not sold here anymore.  Nobody can tell me why.  They say a new one will be coming out in 2011 for the US.  I don't want to wait that long!!
I will be sharing my favorite recipes with you all once I translate them from German into English and from grams into ounces, which I will have to do for my daughter so she can use the TM 21.
One thing I have not mastered yet is how to cook rice in the Thermomix. Any tips from anybody? 
Right now I am washing windows and bring all my flowers in from the outside, freezing temperatures are just around the corner for us.
How is the weather where you are?
Countrygirl   

HI, I AM NEW HERE AS WELL, BUT NOT NEW TO THE THERMOMIX.  I HAVE HAD MY TM 21 NOW SINCE 2005 I THINK AND WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT IT ANYMORE FOR ALL THE TEA IN CHINA  .  I AM SO HAPPY THAT I FOUND THIS SITE.  ONLY KNEW OF A GERMAN SITE SO FAR.
I AM BY BIRTH GERMAN AND HAVE THE FIRST COOKBOOK IN GERMAN AS WELL, SINCE I WANT TO GIVE IT TO MY DAUGHTER WHO ONLY SPEAKS ENGLISH, I AM LOOKING FOR THE USER MANUAL IN ENGLISH AND MAYBE EVEN THE COOKBOOK.  DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD THE MANUAL? 
HOW DO YOU ALL LIKE THE TM 31?  I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR YOUR EXPERIENCES.
GLAD TO BE HERE,
COUNTRYGIRL