Hi Amanda
Yes, and the measuring cup was generally upside down - maybe for visual effect.
Pat Nourse wrote
an article describing the Thermomix as a piece of "specialised gear" - so we are pretty advance.
Shannon Bennett at Vue de Monde has a TM31 and TM21, Grossi Florentino has at least one TMX, Tetsuya has a TMX (and really likes many of its features), Ben Shewry at Attica, many others - but you don't hear about it.
Yes, Tenina might be able to help - poor thing, she is getting a big list of to-dos.