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Thread Number: 17436
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| Post# 187861 , Reply# 1 7/1/2012 at 19:08 (4,308 days old) by dustin (Jackson, MI) | ||
My Grandparents' house! I was almost never allowed to vacuum at their house, they had a Dirt Devil plus, and the bag was almost always full. I remember one time (I was maybe 13 or 14) they went to the store or something and let me stay at the house alone, well of course the first thing I did was get out the vacuum! They got back after I had finished and put it away, and my Grandma said "DID you vacuum?" And I told her that yes I had. She said in the harshest tone I ever heard from her "it did NOT need done, it was already CLEAN." I now have that vacuum after the attachment hose diverter got broken. I fixed it though. Grandpa replaced it with a Bissell Cleanview widepath in about 2006 and it is pretty much worn out. I have used that vacuum much more and repaired it twice since Grandma passed away in 2010. I hear my grandma every time I vacuum in that house even to this day. I almost forgot about the time she sent my grandpa down to the basement where I was vacuuming and told him to bring the vacuum (the bissell) back upstairs before I wore the carpet out lol.
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| Post# 187863 , Reply# 2 7/1/2012 at 19:56 (4,308 days old) by vacuumfreak95 (Aransas Pass, Tx) | ||
Happend to me.
This happend to me with my Aunt only I didn't ask to use the vacuum. I asked if I may try out her shark steam mop since I had never used the steam pocket mop before and she rudley so NO! To this day I wish I had been able to ask her to use the vacuums sice she a had a Hoover Concept one and a very old Oreck. Oh well......
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| Post# 187880 , Reply# 3 7/2/2012 at 02:33 (4,308 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
Never had that, because I've never asked. I have some decorum thank you very much!
When I'm at somebody's house, I'm there to see them, not their Vacuum Cleaner. I did change the bag and quickly run my Grandfather's Miele over the living room carpet, but I wouldn't actually say to somebody "where's your Vacuum Cleaner so I can use it ?" I don't mean to insult anybody or say that if you do this you are strange in any way, please accept my most sincere apologies if it was conveyed in that way. | ||
| Post# 187883 , Reply# 5 7/2/2012 at 03:13 (4,308 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 187884 , Reply# 6 7/2/2012 at 03:16 (4,308 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 187898 , Reply# 7 7/2/2012 at 09:11 (4,308 days old) by vacmaster0000 () | ||
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Oh no it's fine. I just remember when I was young asking people to use they're vacuum when the adults were talking and having drinks. I used to entertain myself with that. And no apology needed. I understand. | ||
| Post# 187899 , Reply# 8 7/2/2012 at 09:16 (4,308 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
I didn't have the easiest time with my vacuum interest as a child. My mother HATED it. She thought it was weird and would get embarrassed by it. If ever we went out to someone's house and I mentioned vacuums or washing machines, I would get grounded.
However, I was sneaky. My childminder would always let me use her vacuum and help out with the washing. My Dad was always great with it and my Nan and grandparents always used to let me use their vacuums. I still remember what was in every house on our street. I don't ever remember anybody refusing to let me use their vacuum, but I do recall my Aunt insisting I was supervised when using her brand new Dyson DA001 in 1993. It was the first Dyson I had ever seen and was fascinated by how modern and funky looking it was compared with our Kirby. I got to vacuum her whole living room with it, but I had to be supervised as it was brand new. | ||
| Post# 187901 , Reply# 9 7/2/2012 at 09:33 (4,308 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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"I didn't have the easiest time with my vacuum interest as a child. My mother HATED it. She thought it was weird and would get embarrassed by it. If ever we went out to someone's house and I mentioned vacuums or washing machines, I would get grounded." That sounds a little harsh if I may say so!
I don't mean to disrespect your mother, but she should have accepted you for what you were, that being somebody who was interested in Vacuum Cleaners and Washing Machines. Is she more understanding these days ? | ||
| Post# 187903 , Reply# 10 7/2/2012 at 10:01 (4,308 days old) by turbo500 (West Yorkshire, UK) | ||
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Yeh, she's better with it now than she's ever been - she will actually ask for my advice now if she needs it. She still won't willingly have a conversation with me about appliances though.
I do understand now why my Mum did some of the things she did when I was a kid - doesn't mean I agree with them, but I understand more. | ||
Post# 187907 , Reply# 11 7/2/2012 at 11:06 (4,308 days old) by bagintheback  (Flagstaff, Arizona) |
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All my mother's friends were very nice about letting me see their vacuums. I didn't always get to use it, but they were happy to show it to me. In fact one time a friend of hers gave me a Bissell owner's manual as a birthday gift.
However, my grandparents on my father's side have issues with me and vacuum cleaners. We only get to see them about twice a year, but they know very well how knowable I am about vacuums. They don't really like to talk about or allow me to use any of their machines. One year in July I asked if I could use their Beam central vacuum, which had not been used for years, if not a decade, and they let me use the whole week we were at their house. But the following year they refused to let me use it. They once also excluded me from a vacuum purchase. My uncle was buying a new condo so he need a new vacuum. My grandparents are very, very loyal to Oreck. So they told my father they were heading over to the Oreck store that day, but they didn't invite me. When we got to the condo that day, they told me all about the Oreck store. I found that a little rude. Plus I would have happily given them a vacuum if they had asked, and I even had an extra Oreck at the time. Thankfully I haven't had to deal much with negative opinions about vacuums, but I feel sorry for those that do/did. It must make you feel very sad. | ||
| Post# 187908 , Reply# 12 7/2/2012 at 11:42 (4,308 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL) | ||
Almost every where I went I did that. Most of my friend's families or my parent's friends knew, so it was never a shock if I asked to see their vacuum. My dad's and my mom's parents never had a problem with me using their vacuums, in fact, they loved having me over because I'd always vacuum the entire house! I remember at Christmas, probably around 2000-2001, one of my uncles was having the family Christmas party, and during the party they actually let me use their Dirt Devil Lite, I have a picture using it that day! But almost anytime I asked to see a vacuum, people would gladly show me, and they would go on and on about how good this particular model was and they'd go through all of the features that they loved about it.
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| Post# 187913 , Reply# 13 7/2/2012 at 13:25 (4,308 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
MY long suffering Father would always take me to see the vacuums in shops, hotels, his offices. Yes there were people who thought it was strange but then there were my parents friends who knowing I was coming over not vacuum so I could vacuum there house for them, at the time I thought it was great and that they were kind but now I just think, The sneaky little buggers.
What was really cool is they came into my shop the other day not knowing who I was and bought a dyson, only after they did so did they see a pic of my dad and I when he took me to Electrolux at age 12, Then they knew exactly who I was and great laughter. Gareth | ||
| Post# 187918 , Reply# 15 7/2/2012 at 14:57 (4,307 days old) by Scaniabebe () | ||
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Never asked to use one, never will ask to use one! Yeah, I've never asked to use a friend or relitive's vacuum. I get my fair share of the vacuums at home!;) | ||
| Post# 187923 , Reply# 17 7/2/2012 at 15:31 (4,307 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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The vacuums I got to use or see( im talking early childhood under 10 )
Moulinex Major ( moms ) AEG vampyr 509 ( moms Hoover turbomaster ( moms ) Electrolux 504 ( nextdoor neigbour) Electrolux 506 ( lady across the road) Electrolux 502S ( paster's wifes) Electrolux Z1000 ( paster's wifes) Electrolux 404 ( Grans ) Hoover sensitronic ( Grans ) Hoover Junior ( one of the church vacs , the only one light enough that I could push) Hoovers concept one ( friend of mom's ) | ||
| Post# 187927 , Reply# 18 7/2/2012 at 15:41 (4,307 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 189697 , Reply# 19 7/12/2012 at 20:35 (4,297 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I never really asked to see anyone's vacuums except my grandparents on both sides of the family. My grandmother would let me take her Singer Silver Glide canister out of the coat closet to put it together, play with the attachments and look at the instructions. We often talked vacuums. Later she had a Hoover Elite that I would play with the attachments on too, and once explained each attachment to family members who were visiting. LOL My other grandparents have a Rainbow and once I asked about it as a kid and grandma put it together and did some vacuuming to show how it worked. She would also let me use her Regina Electrikbroom to sweep the kitchen after dinner.
I never asked my neighbors about their vacuums but once. I went to a neighbor's house and she had the vacuum out and it was a Fantom Thunder! I asked her if she could show it to me, so she did a bit of vacuuuming. Other neighbors I found out what they used anyway. Two of the neighbors had Kenmore 5055 bag canisters that I would see them vacuum their cars with in the driveways. Another had a Kirby G3 and a BOL Kenmore Powermate canister (early 90s front hose and bottom cord wrap type) as I saw them in her laundry room when we visited. | ||
| Post# 189716 , Reply# 20 7/12/2012 at 23:48 (4,297 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
I could write a whole book on this subject!
My love affair with vacuums started practically the minute i ever saw one. It was my Grandma's Electrolux Model E rigged up with a PN1. Both sets of Grandparents were very understanding about my interest in vacuums. Both Grandmother's incouraged it infact, and always loved for me to come to their house and vacuum. My own Mother however was completly different. She was totally and completly AGAINST ANYTHING to do with me and vacuum cleaners. She thought, and still does think its TOTALLY CRAZY. (and she is a nurse with a Masters Degree in Nursing,,you'd think she would be a little sympathetic,,even just a little!) Dad was oblivious, but more excepting than Mother. Dad loved for me to take the vacuum out and do the car interior! Infact, there was a day when i was 8 yrs old that is still a sore spot between Mom and i. What happend was, She MADE ME go to swimming lessons ON PURPOSE so she could sneak off and go buy the new vacuum WITHOUT ME there. (of course she bought a vacuum i HATED,,a Hoover Dial A Matic Powerdrive.) Ive often wondered WHY it would have been so horrible to have let me come along. KNOWING it was the ONE THING in life i really enjoyed. And, for the most part, i did most ALL Of the vacuuming in our house by this age anyway. WHY couldnt i chose WHAT vacuum i wanted?!! Still a sore spot to this day. (im 45 yrs old) And, Mom still refuses to understand my vacuum hobby, and dismisses it with a huff. I did get my way in later yrs however, so the story does have a happy ending. 1. My Gramma bought a new Electrolux Golden Jubilee, which i loved, and grew up using at her house, and its in my collection today. 2. After using that Dial A Matic and letting it spew dust all over for years, when i was old enough to drive and had my own money, i took it and traded it for a used Rainbow D2 with PN. Yes, Mom and i had a fight over it at the time, but i won the battle. She hadnt touched a vacuum in yrs,,and I did ALL of the vacuuming anyway,,,so WHY couldnt i have one that i liked to use!! 3. When she saw all the TONS and TONS OF FILTHY DIRTY WATER that came out of our carpets from the Rainbow,,that her Dial a Matic was spewing for years,,,she finally just walked away shaking her head. I know it sounds crazy,,,but when your own Mother deceives you, when you are a kid,,,its hard to forget. That one incident drove a wedge between Mom and me, and i knew from that day on that i couldnt trust her. I found in later yrs more than once that this was true. Ive told her this in later yrs too, but like with my vacuum hobby,,,she dismisses it like it was nothing. She just dosent get it. As for checking out other people's vacuums as a kid,,absolutely! Most were thrilled that i was interested in their vacuums,,and some did let me get it out and use it! Infact, several neighbors that were older or elderly,would pay me to come and run their vacuum, which was fine by me! One sweet neighbor lady had Central Vac,(early Kenmore with a Kenmore PN) which i was totally facinated with,,she would let me come over and use it anytime i wanted to. Of course i was oblivious to the fact that she was getting her vacuuming done for free!,,i was just having fun! (If i was with Mom however, i was totally BANISHED from even MENTIONING ANYTHING to do with their vacuum, even if it was someone that i new would let me use theirs) One time when i was about 7, my Gramma who was an avid Bridge player( Card game played mostly by woman) got and emergency call to a card game as someone couldnt make it at the last minute. (you have to have 4 players in a game of Bridge,,no more, no less) She was baby sitting me at the time, and told the lady that called, that she would have to bring me along. So, away we went to this lady's house. When we got there,Low and behold,,wall to wall carpet. HA,,their HAS TO BE a neat vacuum around here somewhere. The hall closet perhaps? YEP, sure enough,,,a BRAND NEW TAN Brown Electrolux Model G, with Tan PN1. So, as the ladies played bridge at the kitchen table,,,,i vacuumed the whole house, stairs, furniture and all! That brand new Model G purred like a kitten. For years afterward,whenever id see her, that lady asked me if id like to come run her vacuum,,and she would laugh and laugh. She never forgot that. | ||
| Post# 189834 , Reply# 23 7/13/2012 at 19:33 (4,296 days old) by thekirbylover (Warrington, cheshire ) | ||
i got my mum to ask
i always got my parents to ask or if i went to a friends house without my parents i would get my friend to get it so i never got that arqardness, i always remember using my friends kirby g6, or my neibours hoover turbopower 1 (which i now own), one of my friends mums came up to me about a year ago and said shes got a video from when we were little, shes filming their 5th birthday party, there playing football outside and all you see is me in the conservetary using a dyson dc04
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| Post# 189839 , Reply# 24 7/13/2012 at 22:15 (4,296 days old) by BrianKirbyClass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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| Post# 190189 , Reply# 25 7/16/2012 at 15:26 (4,293 days old) by suctionselector (Leeds, England) | ||
turbo500
The same happened to me, my parents would try to stop me liking washers and dryers, and vacuums, even to go so far as to get rid of my toy Dyson and Casdon Hotpoint, but they have since given up as they know that I will never stop liking them.
Nowadays, its a completely different story. family friends ask me for advice, I reccomended a Miele vacuum the other day to a family friend! Just to show how times change... | ||
| Post# 190323 , Reply# 27 7/17/2012 at 12:37 (4,293 days old) by andy-lux () | ||
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When i was young i always managed to find the vacuum in a family mambers or friends house. Everytime i can round they had to hide it from me. My nan had a turbo junior exclusive softbag. u1223 iama still after that perticular colour and model to this day | ||
| Post# 190333 , Reply# 28 7/17/2012 at 13:02 (4,293 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
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| Post# 190397 , Reply# 29 7/17/2012 at 21:41 (4,292 days old) by s31463221 (Frenchburg, KY) | ||
I love reading these....
I thought I was the only one who got funny looks for wanting to look at / use other folk's vacuum cleaners. Like some of you I have had a fascination of vacuum cleaners and fans for years, I guess since I've been old enough to know what they were. At first my parents were appalled by it, but they quickly realized that it was who I was and I had no plans to change for anyone. Not too long after that, my dad brought home an Electrolux Super J and told me I could keep it upstairs to use so we wouldn't have to keep lugging one up and down the stairs. They had an Electrolux Olympia One at the time (which I now have) so I guess I'm a little biased toward Electrolux's today because of it! Anyway, that I guess started me on my path. I now collect and restore vacuum cleaners (mostly Hoover and Electrolux) and have a rather large collection of electric fans (but that's for another forum). As I posted in one forum yesterday I just acquired the top prize for my Electrolux collection...an Electrolux Commemorative Edition that was a VIP presentation to Gary Griffin, the former CEO of Electrolux! My parents now come to me for advice on vacuum cleaners and yes they still are using Electrolux vacuum cleaners (not the re-badged Eurekas from the big box stores either). Thanks for the great laughs and for bringing back so many memories!
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| Post# 190924 , Reply# 30 7/22/2012 at 03:39 (4,288 days old) by andy-lux () | ||
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Hi James I think the junior turbopower was in cream with a brown cloth bag and headlight. I may have got my model numbers mixed up. :) | ||
| Post# 190956 , Reply# 31 7/22/2012 at 11:57 (4,288 days old) by motojoejo (MO) | ||
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I didnt really ask much when I was a kid due to my mom putting the fear of embarrassment in me. These days its as easy as can be. Being a piano tuner, all I have to do is ask, "can I borrow your vacuum to clean out this piano before dive in?" | ||
| Post# 194051 , Reply# 32 8/9/2012 at 16:23 (4,269 days old) by anthony (leeds uk) | ||
hi 
when i was very young [about 5] i sucked all the water from the toilet with my mums Connie it was a pink one so that will give you some indication of the date this happend in 1962 .my auntie had a Goblin wizard deluxe i was teriffied of that but strangly interested as i got older i used to love watching it in action although looking back i dont think it was very efficient the blue bag with the little goblin on it . My dad put the connie in the airing cupboard for a week or two and it was fine . Whwn i was about 10 my parents took me to a shrink because they didnt think my interest in domestic apps was healthy so i am sitting in a room with this man on the desk is a large glass paperweight the doc tells me to imagine its an apple and to take a bite i said you have a bite first so i can see your teeth fall out he went outside to my parents and said theres nothing wrong with him take him home he will grow out of it i am 55 now and my mum is still waiting for me to GROW OUT OF IT by the way the connie is long gone but i do have the Goblin wizard cheers Tony
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| Post# 194415 , Reply# 35 8/12/2012 at 10:43 (4,267 days old) by gsheen (Cape Town South Africa) | ||
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I was chatting to a friend the other day and he said to me his mom used to ask him when is Gareth coming to play because I used to vacuum here entire house with her Hoover concept one.
Brad: Our school psychiatrist told me that if I didn't drop this obsession of mine I would amount to nothing, Years later we were house hunting and Guess what when I pulled up into the drive in My brand new Benz he just looked at me, finally he placed me and said to me so you finally moved on and dropped the vacuum obsession. I looked at him and laughed I told him that my " Obsession " paid for the smart car I drove and would allow me to buy his house with ease, he was dumbfounded. He told me he had retired I said Good so you won't be trying to crush any more children's dreams. It may have been a childish thing to do but there is something deeply satisfying about going, stuff you I succeeded when you had no faith in me | ||
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