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Post# 269638 , Reply# 1   2/27/2014 at 19:58 (3,682 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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Someone once told me they didnt know why I wanted an old dust blower... to which I replied, Some of us have good taste..and some dont!LOL. |
Post# 269655 , Reply# 2   2/27/2014 at 22:11 (3,682 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)   |   | |
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Old coffee can Hoovers, I've heard called, " The electric chair on wheels " or " Ole Sparky!" The piano wire around its roller brush, I've also heard called, " The finger kwizine art " or " The salad shooter " only it's not salad it's shooting but more of a bloody puree. Old Bee Vac's with the exposed terminals on top are, otherwise, known as the " Tingler " or " The high jumper " because, that's what your going to be doing, if you ever accidently brush up against it. Of course, with some of these old beauties, you will have to exercise some caution, as well as common sense , because, they will curl your toes and fry your thighs, and that's no lie. Didn't the Germans use to string piano wire across the roads for the Allies during the occupation? And I must say, I really get upset when you acquire a vac. from a numbskull, who instead of cleaning the dog crap up the usual way, comes up with a brainstorm - more like a seizure - and the genus vacuums it up and leaves it to mummify - Oh, MYYYYYY!!! The worse thing I ever found was a hand held Kirby Vacuette stuffed, NO, filled to the gills with cigarette butts, hair, and ever bodies favorite...give me a drum roll please, DOG CRAPPPPP!!! I think concrete would have been easier to chip away and not nearly as fragrant. What's the worse thing you've found in " The dust bag filled with...Horrors? "
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Post# 269728 , Reply# 3   2/28/2014 at 16:22 (3,681 days old) by sonnyndad ()   |   | |
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If someone told me my machines were "stink bombs" or some other insult, I'd punch them in the face. |
Post# 269737 , Reply# 4   2/28/2014 at 17:09 (3,681 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI)   |   | |
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I once trash picked a Kirby Classic III that had been used to vacuum up cat litter- Used cat litter! Nothing wrong with it except that it absolutely reeked. I washed the nozzle, brushroll, bag, and emptor, and it doesn't smell at all. I also hate getting vacuums that smell like dog or cigarette smoke. Dog smell can most generally be removed, but not always the case with cigarette smoke.
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Post# 269743 , Reply# 5   2/28/2014 at 17:55 (3,681 days old) by Anachronism ()   |   | |
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We use a Kent "Quiet Jumbo", which is as properly descriptive a name as any: It can almost silently suck a golf ball through a garden hose, and weighs around 70-80 Lbs. |
Post# 269744 , Reply# 6   2/28/2014 at 17:56 (3,681 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID)   |   | |
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Post# 269745 , Reply# 7   2/28/2014 at 17:58 (3,681 days old) by Anachronism ()   |   | |
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I can carry on a normal conversation with little difficulty while using it, which I consider remarkable compared to newer machines |
Post# 269780 , Reply# 8   3/1/2014 at 00:58 (3,681 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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I end up with the vacuums that smell like stale dog!!I manage to get the smell out by replacing bags and filters and use deodoerizers. |
Post# 270915 , Reply# 9   3/9/2014 at 18:10 (3,672 days old) by anthony (leeds uk)   |   | |
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Post# 270932 , Reply# 10   3/9/2014 at 19:13 (3,672 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas)   |   | |
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Ive heard Rainbow (Sales People) used to call a Kirby or Hoover a "Dust Pumper" or "Dirt Belcher", or "Like trying to push a dust belching furnace across the room".
Kirby sales people used to call a Rainbow a "Mud Pumper" or a "Mud Jacker". A friend picked up a metal base 70s Hoover Conv. out of a dumpster behind a bar once,,brought it home, and fired it up,, come to find out the insides were caked and corroded with YEARS WORTH of human VOMIT,and URINE,,and NOT just a little. Bet that was a lovely fragrance comming from the exhaust! |
Post# 270984 , Reply# 12   3/9/2014 at 23:49 (3,672 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 270985 , Reply# 13   3/9/2014 at 23:59 (3,672 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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. P.S.: I like the scent of moth balls -- reminds me of all the little old ladies who used to use them to keep their fur coats safe from the ravages of hungry moths. And isn't it funny ... all those moth balls and moth eradicating attachments must have worked. There was a time when every vacuum cleaner, no matter how humble, had some sort of moth-killing apparatus among its attachments and frequently was a key selling point in the demonstration. Nowadays, I can't think of a single modern vacuum cleaner that has this feature. |
Post# 271082 , Reply# 15   3/10/2014 at 16:10 (3,671 days old) by jfalberti (Visalia, CA)   |   | |
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