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Post# 253612   10/23/2013 at 10:29 (3,809 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        

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It looks like there should be at least 10 people here this weekend for our mega meet. Sam Addison (Florida) will even be here! There are some cleaners here from the convention that will be going back with him. I'm sure a fun time will be had by all. It'll be nice to share nice fellowship with some great people again in this old place. I've been under unbearable stress lately. This will be a nice, welcomed diversion, I'm sure.
I just returned from my niece's wedding last Sat in Virginia Ggeorgetown)...was stunning. A bit behind (as usual), but I'll pull the place together once more. There are a few surprises in store. as well as a nice home cooked dinner.(I've lost 10 lbs, thank God) There won't be a cooked "ham" anywhere, however. An all-Italian dinner in an all Irish house. Stay tuned.


Post# 253613 , Reply# 1   10/23/2013 at 10:30 (3,809 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Matt, NYC Writer....

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see if you can make it. We talked a little about it before. IF you can....you're more thhan welcome!
John


Post# 253850 , Reply# 2   10/24/2013 at 23:01 (3,807 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)        
Cars packed

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3 machines for Matt:
Kirby G4
Electrolux Silverado
Kenmore Dual speed upright

2 of my fun machines:
Hoover Windtunnel canister
Hoover Celebrity II Elite
May put something else in the morning too??? Any suggestions anyone of my Hoover canister list or Hoover Convertible or Eureka Rotomatic???

Work machines:
FilterQueen Majestic M11NA
FilterQueen Defender D11NA

Not sure where and when I'm arriving first. Gotta find a food store and pick up some treats too!! Trick or Treat!!

Looking forward to a great Italian feast of pasta, garlic bread, the works!!!


Post# 253851 , Reply# 3   10/24/2013 at 23:08 (3,807 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)        

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Possibilities to go if I can fit one of these in the car.

Actually the 2 complete machines of the power heads on either end are in the Subaru now. So it would possibilities of suction units from one of the 5 power nozzles in the middle!


Post# 253857 , Reply# 4   10/25/2013 at 01:10 (3,807 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

I am looking forward to going as well, not too sure yet if chris is going but I do know joel and I plan on coming down. I cannot wait to see you all again!!!! oh and btw I do not think any of the hoovers are coming this time as they are packed in storage however there are a couple of machines that will make it there. my simplicity Synergy that I just repaired will be coming and I think I have a Super J coming as well that I have yet to finish restoring, and if feeling up to it I may bring the Filter queen which has been cleaned out for rob to play with :)

Post# 253884 , Reply# 5   10/25/2013 at 07:38 (3,807 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)        

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I hope John has lots of Holy Water. Tons of non-Hoovers, coming to the Hoover house. LOL!! It really is HALLOWEEN!!!

Post# 253891 , Reply# 6   10/25/2013 at 10:29 (3,807 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Talk about "FRIGHT NIGHT ON WILLIAM STREET"

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Well, evey night is frigh night there. I'll have a special carpet out for the vac of 'another species'.
Yes, Chicken parmesean, pasta, antipasto, garlic toast, bacon-wrappes scallops, Chocolate cake, cookies.
Who's Minding the Store? flick will be viewed, whils't snacking on HOOVER delights. Unpacking the decorations later today. The ghosts are already there.
Greg and Kevin are Florida bound, and will make a Christmas visit instead.
Monster Mash Bash II...rapidly approaching.
"I was working in the lab, late one night...................


Post# 253900 , Reply# 7   10/25/2013 at 12:05 (3,807 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
So, invitations were extended..

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Sam, Mike, Rob (Zippy), Matt (later at night) Joe, Chris, Joel,Mark, J.T. and meself will be in attendance. A few surprises are lurking, I'm sure. Fun, fellowship vacuum frollicking, and a good dinner will ensue. No drama, nastiness, etc.. Won'tit be fun?
And, photos will abound, I'm sure. Relax, Zippy, AND "Tom" in the Holy Land, lots of Holy Water.....and gloves, and Lysol. Fear not!! Well..... maybe fear 'little'.
I'll keep ye abreast as things progress.


Post# 253934 , Reply# 8   10/25/2013 at 18:54 (3,806 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)        
And I'll be there too!

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Just got off the horn with John ... confirmed my reservation at the HOOVER HILTON!  Looking forward to seeing him, Zippy and Matt again as well as meeting new friends.  I've got a half day at work tomorrow, and then it's "Pittston, here I come!"

 

Bill W.


Post# 253937 , Reply# 9   10/25/2013 at 20:31 (3,806 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
yay

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"Happy Dance"

Post# 253999 , Reply# 10   10/26/2013 at 16:12 (3,805 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Well, almost everyone is here.

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2 more will arrive by dinnertime. Machines are whirring. Fear not!! We 'll have a nice little "EXORCIST" later.

Post# 254011 , Reply# 11   10/26/2013 at 16:26 (3,805 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

so here we are at the palace, John being the Happy hostess jackie Kennedy has prepared an excellent meal and snacks loaded into Hoover hoods!

in this pic we have rob "Zippy" modeling the Denim hood while eating from the snack hood


Post# 254013 , Reply# 12   10/26/2013 at 16:30 (3,805 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

hoover hoods filled to the Brim with yummy snacks

Post# 254023 , Reply# 13   10/26/2013 at 17:03 (3,805 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

the kirby gets exercised by fr. long, doesn't he look so serious.

Post# 254066 , Reply# 14   10/26/2013 at 19:47 (3,805 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        
yes, my old 'work clothes'

all done in good fun. Dinner was great. There are 10 of us here, a reak "mega meet". People are running vacuums EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There won't be a cat hair anywhere... until tomorrow. More pic will fiollow. Rob, 'Zippy" is doing his demo for Mark. Yikes!!!! Arthur and Murphy are still upstairs... Tey'll be down to see their uncles a bit later.

Post# 254100 , Reply# 15   10/27/2013 at 03:23 (3,805 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Well, the last ones left at 3:30 AM!!

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Bill is staying over. Glad he's not afraid. It was hectic and fun. Many cleear dwellers have left the house.. The verb here is 'subtract'!!!!!!!!!
It was great to see eveyone. Sam mad a "Jewish" apple sauce cake. During the meet, Sam Geresti called as well as the 3rd from Greene , NY. So, there were 10 in attendance, plus 2 via phone, a total of 12! That's a lot of people. More photos will follow soon.


Post# 254138 , Reply# 16   10/27/2013 at 10:45 (3,805 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

Dinner was excellent starting out with an antipasto that was absolutely DELICIOUS!

Post# 254140 , Reply# 17   10/27/2013 at 10:48 (3,805 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

here we are enjoying good conversation while waiting on the Chicken to get out of the oven. Dinner was Chicken parm served over pasta with homemade garlic bread. John sure does know how to cook!!!

Post# 254142 , Reply# 18   10/27/2013 at 10:52 (3,805 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        
after dinner

we had a little fun with machines, all different types strewn about the house, Sam Addison brought a wonderful citation 64 that needed to be serviced. sadly we forgot our tools for servicing machines but he was well educated on how to get to the bearings that needed attention.

Post# 254143 , Reply# 19   10/27/2013 at 11:00 (3,805 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

rob shore introduced us to the brand new Filter queen and the all new Filter Queen Defender air purifier. we were quite impressed with the amount of dirt it picked up off of a freshly vacuumed floor. however when we took joe kassocks shark rotator out to play we happened to fill the bin 3 times with johns new dining room carpet fibers. he did mention that the rug had not been vacuumed much. don't you just love the shedding of a brand new carpet?!?! well anyway we wanted to test out the capability of the filter queen so 3 LARGE bins full of nap and fibers were dumped out on to the hoover rug and rubbed in. the filter queen quickly picked it all up and did not even break a sweat!



Post# 254144 , Reply# 20   10/27/2013 at 11:03 (3,805 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

after some machine play we all sat down for a lovely desert, john made homemade chocolate cake with a recipe that has been in his family for generations, and Sam Addison made the apple cake 100% from scratch, all was extremely delicious!

Post# 254185 , Reply# 21   10/27/2013 at 16:43 (3,804 days old) by papasvacs (Lauderdale Lakes, FL)        
Oh How I Wish.............

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.......... we had been able to be there.  Recent surgeries have left us both unable to endure a 6 hour car trip.  It looks as though all had a great time, a sure bet at John's house!

Kevin and I are hoping for good weather and healing by December.  I am walking quite well now and "enduring" physical therapy.  There was so much damage done to my leg and the therapy is extremely painful.  But - no pain, no gain   --- or so they tell me when it seems unbearable.

Leaving for some R & R time in Florida tonight.  Hope the plane ride is not too painful!  Got a direct flight so that should help.  Kevin will come down on 11/11 and stay until the 22nd.  I come home on the 14th.  Care for the dog limits the amount of time we can be away from home together.

Best wishes to all and keep the pictures coming!

 

Greg


Post# 254257 , Reply# 22   10/28/2013 at 02:21 (3,804 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR)        

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Glad you all had fun, which it looks like you did. John is a wonderful cook and host. Sorry I wasn't there. Best wishes to Greg and Kevin, too, and may you both have continued quick healing. 

 

John L(ucia), not L(ong)....


Post# 254394 , Reply# 23   10/28/2013 at 17:38 (3,803 days old) by Vinvac (Dubuque IA)        

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John,

 

I wish I lived closer, it looks like you throw a great party! 

 

When it comes to decorating, I am not creative.  I would have never thought to use a Hoover Hood as a serving container.

 

It is amazing how much dirt that Filter Queen could find in a Hoover Household....scratching my head....perhaps....well......I won't pick on John tonight...LOL

 

 


Post# 254410 , Reply# 24   10/28/2013 at 19:27 (3,803 days old) by veroroger (Vero Beach, Florida)        

Oh, Morgan, now we both KNOW that John was being generous with his dirt so the attendees would have something to show for their efforts! A Hoover household is always a clean household!

Post# 254411 , Reply# 25   10/28/2013 at 19:44 (3,803 days old) by PoconoVacMan (Northeast Pennsylvania)        

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Morgan, you should have seen what my Dyson pulled out. The convertibles hung their handles in shame!!

*ducks and runs FAST*


Post# 254423 , Reply# 26   10/28/2013 at 21:05 (3,803 days old) by Vinvac (Dubuque IA)        

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Matt,

There is an extra room here if you need to hide! A bag-less machine beat his Hoover...oh wait a Filter Queen is bag-less as well....

John we love ya!


Post# 254429 , Reply# 27   10/28/2013 at 22:08 (3,803 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)        
Don't pick on John!

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A great time was enjoyed by all. John's Hoovers do a great job of taking care of the house. He has a lot of wool carpets in the house, and delicate oriental rugs aren't supposed to get done by a machine with height set all of the way down or an agitator brush with stiff bristles. The Dyson and the Shark have very stiff bristles which are more aggressive than is really meant for that style rug.

When my parents bought oriental rugs years ago we were told to only clean them with suction only. We used to leave the power nozzles unplugged whenever doing rugs. However, sometimes with animals that task gets hard. We'd occasionally plug in the power nozzle on the canister but push it VERY fast just one pass over the rug so that the brush was just barely sitting on any particular spot for any near length of time.

As the Dyson and Shark dirt cups kept filling up with carpet fuzz-- as that's primarily what that was, it was dumped on a Hoover mat and then we played around with the bagless machines, cleaning that up and dumping back down again. FilterQueen kicked butt by being able to pick it all up, hold it all, and not clog or lose any power doing so! Yay, FilterQueen Majestic.

I'm off to bed now. However on one last note:

Congratulations and welcome to the FilterQueen Family Mark and JT! I know you'll thoroughly enjoy your brand new Majestic that we were able to get you a fantastic deal on!


Post# 254506 , Reply# 28   10/29/2013 at 13:17 (3,802 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Well,

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While I was preparing for the gathering, I eased up on the vacuuming as I realized cleaners would be running all weekend. The wool Chinese rug in the dinning room is only 2 yrs old. It molts every time it's cleaned. The red Karastan rug is 40 yrs old and still sheds, as do the others. When I saw the fibers, I thought the rugs would all be bald when they were all done. FEAR NOT!!!! Every rug on the first floor was thoroughly vacuumed with the proper equipment later..HOOVERS Pics will follow soon.
It was nice the see many cellar dwellers leave the place as well. As the prostitute said to the Navy, "There's more where that came from".
Thanks, again for the Halloween treats, and the Jewish apple cake and the crystal cake plate. Know that you're all welcome here anytime.
Matt, (NYC Writer) pleas try to come around Christmas, when Kevin and Greg can make it. Thanks again to everyone. Pics to follow tonight.




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Post# 254540 , Reply# 29   10/29/2013 at 18:54 (3,802 days old) by tazcatsdad (Buffalo, NY)        
Thank you for having us all, John!

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As before, a very good time was indeed had by one and all.  New friendships made, old bonds strengthened and treasured.  Couldn't ask for anything better than that!

 

Bill W.

 

P.S.: Sorry but I won't be able to make Xmas.  I try to keep that and Thanksgiving to my family while my Mom is still alive if at all possible.  I am, however, looking forward to the next post-holidays gathering -- and I DO hope that maybe sometime we can arrange a gathering here in Buffalo! //

//

Post# 254590 , Reply# 30   10/30/2013 at 08:06 (3,802 days old) by electrikbroomgu (Rome, NY)        
A monster mash to remember!

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As always a very fun trip to John's with fine food and great friends! It was great to meet Sam and Bill and see some old friends as well. As an added bonus Rob stopped by Oneida and checked out Chris's vac store and got to experience a plethora of machines and a fun night was had by all.

Bill- count me in on a mini meet out in Buffalo as I'm about 3 hours away or so and have been wanting to take a trip out that way for some time now. I'm sure Chris and Mike would enjoy coming also.

Take care everybody and happy vacuuming!

Joel


Post# 254802 , Reply# 31   11/1/2013 at 01:58 (3,800 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
ok, a few of the pictures I took

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Lining up that "staircase"

Post# 254803 , Reply# 32   11/1/2013 at 02:01 (3,800 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
a tiny

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history line of HOOVER'S evolution

Post# 254804 , Reply# 33   11/1/2013 at 02:05 (3,800 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
And, then I saw

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"THIS"

Post# 254805 , Reply# 34   11/1/2013 at 02:08 (3,800 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
continuing

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on............

Post# 254806 , Reply# 35   11/1/2013 at 02:09 (3,800 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
and

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......

Post# 254807 , Reply# 36   11/1/2013 at 02:11 (3,800 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
one

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more

Post# 254823 , Reply# 37   11/1/2013 at 08:17 (3,800 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)        

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We had vacuums everywhere!!! Had to keep putting cords away and moving them around so that we didn't trip on each other and also had floor space to use them. Good times enjoyed by all.


Post# 255192 , Reply# 38   11/4/2013 at 18:16 (3,796 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
Multiple unnecessary posts removed below...

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Let's keep this a happy thread please, thank you all.

Post# 255195 , Reply# 39   11/4/2013 at 19:22 (3,796 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY)        
John

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It looked like everyone had a wonderful time, and great fellowship! Like Morgan, I would have loved to been there, but I just couldn't get away. However I guess you could say I was celebrating in my own way here, I cleaned the whole house with a 1967 HOOVER suitcase vac!!

Post# 255196 , Reply# 40   11/4/2013 at 19:43 (3,796 days old) by Vinvac (Dubuque IA)        

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I used my Eureka today, along with the Oreck Buster B...

I know, not a Hoover...

Mini meets are so much fun. I want to do one here...but I never seem to get the time...

plus our house is so small...and I would need to start cleaning a month in advance...


Post# 255202 , Reply# 41   11/4/2013 at 20:57 (3,796 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)        

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Morgan, Cleaning a month in advance of a MiniMeet!!! Half the fun of a MiniMeet is that you're better off not cleaning before one. I know this may sound terrible, but if the house is spotless then vacuum enthusiasts can't pick up any dirt with the vacuums present!! MiniMeets are such a great social time. You don't have to have a full house of guests to have fun. Just think of it as a small gathering of friends. Could be 3 people and still have fun. The importance is not environment but rather the gathering of people together and sharing knowledge, experiences or just socializing in general. If one is up to cooking they may do that. But food is also secondary. Going out on the town to a restaurant or ordering food in is of course always fun and so much easier on the host as this virtually eliminates clean up. Many people like to cook, but the clean up is the terror. It's your ball park you can do whatever you like!!

I live in a townhouse so having a MiniMeet doesn't work as well. Can't be making tons of noise all day long and definitely not till late. When I do get a house, I definitely plan on hosting one. For now, I thoroughly enjoy going to them though and am more than happy to help if I can. I always try to bring a few machines along to play with. I would love to bring food but traveling 3 hours makes me worry about how it will survive temperature and physical condition so I stocked up on all sorts of pretzels, chips, guacamole, tortilla chips, cheese and salsa dip, candy, etc. for the last one and we filled a whole bunch of Hoover Convertible hoods and bowls with snacks!!! It's a shame we forgot to cut up the cucumbers that I bought. They might have made nice dippers in the guacamole or a ranch dip!! Oh well, that just shows how into the vacuum fun we were!!

Happy Vacuuming everyone!


Post# 255288 , Reply# 42   11/5/2013 at 12:11 (3,796 days old) by kloveland (Tulsa)        
Looks like another successful mini-meet!

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Looks like everyone had a fun time. I have no doubts that John Long can host a wonderful mini-meet! Love the collection of new and older Hoovers. Although I had to cringe somewhat at the RIP Kirby photo, I know it was all done in fun. Love the Hoover hoods idea so creative!


Post# 255303 , Reply# 43   11/5/2013 at 14:18 (3,795 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)        
Thanks, kenny!

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Yes, ALL in good fun. I CAN be a sport about the 'non-HOOVER species", lol. Fear not!! every inch of carpeting has been gone over carefully with a proper HOOVER machine. The R.I.P. was Mark's thing...... I merely went along. One does try to be courteuos, afterall.
10 epole create a lot of excitement. That is why the cats were in their 'apartment' until the last bit of time. It might have been just too much excitement. for them.
I'm looking forward to the next gathering around the Christmas holidays. It will give me the incentive to finish more painting and decorating in a timely manner.



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