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A Soviet Version of the Constellation
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Post# 297810   9/9/2014 at 23:38 (3,508 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)        

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I came across this while looking for information on the Hoover Constellation. Apparently, this was the Soviet version of the Constellation. From what I could glean from the photo's caption, it was called the Saturn.

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Post# 297813 , Reply# 1   9/9/2014 at 23:47 (3,508 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)        

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WOW..WOW and a DOUBLE WOW!!! That's absolutely fantastic!!! They should have called it the Sputnik.smile


Post# 297834 , Reply# 2   9/10/2014 at 06:02 (3,508 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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That's not a bad idea, but the vacuum does have rings circulating it! Maybe you'll get lucky and and have one crash-land in your backyard! laughing


Post# 297881 , Reply# 3   9/10/2014 at 13:53 (3,508 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)        

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I've been to Russia a few times, but that was before I started collecting vacuums. If I ever go again, I'll be on the lookout for one of these!

Post# 297886 , Reply# 4   9/10/2014 at 14:18 (3,508 days old) by DesertTortoise ()        

Very cool. I have often wondered what the old Warsaw Pact used to vacuum their homes with, or if they even had vacuums. Bet they were confined to the elite nomenklatura and not widely available to the proletariate.

I'm sure the motor turned the opposite direction of a Hoover motor.

The Soviets were funny that way. Where all the rest of the world has the "right hand rule" in physics, the Soviets had an equivalent "left hand rule", and where all western helicopters (except the French!) main rotors turn counter clockwise when viewed from the top, Soviet helicopter main rotors all turned clockwise. They were resolutely perverse that way.


Post# 297973 , Reply# 5   9/11/2014 at 02:03 (3,507 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)        

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Alex, if it crash lands into my backyard, it will not be put up for sale nor shall I send it back to Mother Russia...IT IS MINE...MINE...MINE I TELL YOU...ITS SECRETS ARE ALL MINE!tongue-out

 

Comrade eurekaster, may I be so bold to ask you, what was your business at the Kremlin, within its walled citadel...selling KIRBY secrets!laughing Of course, I'm just kidding, but really, what was your business there? 




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Post# 297984 , Reply# 6   9/11/2014 at 07:18 (3,507 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield & London)        
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Post# 297985 , Reply# 7   9/11/2014 at 07:44 (3,507 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)        
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I've been to Russia a handful of times on mission trips for my church.

Post# 298018 , Reply# 8   9/11/2014 at 15:26 (3,507 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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If you find one in your yard, approach with caution! Some models have hazardous dust cannons installed! Be sure to use your Geiger-Counter, too! Maybe Mark will let you borrow one of his asbestos suits! I wonder if the reel-to-reel tapes it contains has better picture quality than my infamous ultra-grainy digital camera! tongue-out


Post# 298024 , Reply# 9   9/11/2014 at 15:49 (3,507 days old) by marks_here (_._)        

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L
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I'm still trying to figure out how to get the stench out from the last person who borrowed it... & I don't think fire will clean it .. Hahaha


Post# 298053 , Reply# 10   9/11/2014 at 20:05 (3,506 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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Fill the suit with water and tide (is the suit waterproof?), You can use your choice of detergent if you wish. Slosh the water and detergent around until the water turns grey, repeat if needed. With fresh water and detergent, lightly scrub the interior and exterior of the suit with a soft brush. Let the water out of the leg and rinse! Same thing with wetsuits, except without detergent, it could damage the suit! laughing


Post# 298055 , Reply# 11   9/11/2014 at 20:06 (3,506 days old) by marks_here (_._)        

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Oh thanks..I was beside myself not knowing what to do

Post# 298071 , Reply# 12   9/11/2014 at 21:44 (3,506 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)        

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eurekastar, I really didn't think you were selling off Kirby secrets, but now that sounds like a far more  interesting mission trip. It is rewarding to play some small part of something which is far greater than ourselves!

 

Alex, I just had a most marvelous thought! You can use your ultrahigh grainy digital camera to fake a Bigfoot sighting in some shadowy, secluded trailer park "off the beaten path," hidden deep more or less in some dark and foreboding, No...make that menacing stand of woods. Shhhh.....Be quiet and listen. Could it be...Is that the sound of trailer people I hear screaming? .........Lights....Camera....Action!tongue-out 


Post# 298087 , Reply# 13   9/12/2014 at 00:53 (3,506 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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Charles's ' Invasion of the mutant vacuum cleaners' just might make it to a drive-in near you!


Post# 298088 , Reply# 14   9/12/2014 at 01:58 (3,506 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)        
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Maybe for a B drive-in...the plot is to thin. Needs a stronger protagonist and a major rewrite! We need to be able to feel, to care about the characters. We don't need the audience to hurry up and hope the hero dies, just so they can hurry up and leave the theater in relief! We want them to stay and be entertained, don't we?tongue-out 


Post# 298106 , Reply# 15   9/12/2014 at 08:51 (3,506 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)        
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You don't need character and plot development when there are big explosions!

Post# 298120 , Reply# 16   9/12/2014 at 12:29 (3,506 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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As long as the explosives budget doesn't cut into the Kirby budget, go right ahead! laughing


Post# 298287 , Reply# 17   9/13/2014 at 20:53 (3,504 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)        

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Ahhhhh,  John Wayne and a wagon load of nitro. The only thing which could make it any better is a hundred miles of bad road. Pure cinematic history...KABANG!tongue-out


Post# 298315 , Reply# 18   9/14/2014 at 00:16 (3,504 days old) by super-sweeper (KSSRC Refurbishment Center)        

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Orrrrr, We strap a Nuclear Rifle to the roof of a Edsel and make cinematic history ourselves! If we can't find bad road, We'll just make bad road! Just be sure to stock up on Rad-Away, Rad-X, and Hazmat suits! tongue-out



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