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Thread Number: 28849
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Half the Kirbys... |
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| Post# 322382 4/18/2015 at 11:11 (3,288 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
I just had an odd thought. I've only ever seen eight Kirby vacuum cleaners in the flesh and I own four of them. The first Kirby I ever saw--and was mightily impressed by--was a Classic III Omega that a salesman demoed in our living room when I was about nine years old. Shortly thereafter, I realized my elementary school had the same model to vacuum the library, which was the only carpeted space in the school. The next one I saw was almost 40 years later when I rescued my first G6 from beside a dumpster in December 2012. A few weeks later, my dad gave me a Heritage 1HD. A few months after that, I spotted a G3 in the basement of my church. Somebody had donated it for the rummage sale, which was still a few months away. Something came up the day of the sale and I wasn't able to go and get it. Oh well, wasn't meant to be. Some time after that, I spotted a decrepit Heritage 2 at a thrift store. They only wanted $12 for it, but it was missing too many parts to be worth fooling with. In the past couple of months, I've gone Kirby crazy and bought a G5 on eBay, and am spending way too much money fixing it up, and a rather pristine G6, which I bought at a thrift shop. Had that happened a few weeks earlier, I most likely wouldn't have bothered with the G5. But there you have it. I own half of the Kirbys I've ever laid eyes on. Kinda scary, huh?
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| Post# 322443 , Reply# 1 4/18/2015 at 17:37 (3,288 days old) by KirbyG4Vacuum () | ||
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I have 17 Kirbys but have seen over 30 in person. | ||
| Post# 322457 , Reply# 2 4/18/2015 at 20:40 (3,288 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 322461 , Reply# 3 4/18/2015 at 21:53 (3,288 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 322465 , Reply# 4 4/18/2015 at 23:18 (3,288 days old) by suckolux (Yuba City, CA) | ||
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| Post# 322779 , Reply# 5 4/21/2015 at 09:02 (3,285 days old) by vacuumman206 () | ||
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I can't remember how long ago it was that I had 4 Kirby's. Can't honestly give you an exact number of how many there are in the lineup, but there's no room on the shelf for any more!! Keep up the good kirby searching. | ||
| Post# 322872 , Reply# 6 4/21/2015 at 23:08 (3,285 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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Number nine...Number nine...
I saw my ninth Kirby earlier this evening. It was a somewhat forlorn looking Classic III. It was at a thrift shop I don't frequent as much as I used to since I moved to the opposite side of town. It didn't seem to be missing any parts; in fact, it even had its hose and a crevice tool. But the aluminum was badly oxidized, the handle would hardly stand upright and there were a couple of tears in the bag. For $50, it just wasn't worth it. A week from tomorrow is their monthly half price sale. If it's still there and it occurs to me to go over there, maybe I'll consider it for $25, but even that might be stretching it.
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Post# 322906 , Reply# 7 4/22/2015 at 11:56 (3,284 days old) by jfalberti  (Visalia, CA) |
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I have 5 Kirby's  | ||
| Post# 323493 , Reply# 8 4/27/2015 at 20:14 (3,279 days old) by oldkirbyman (The Dalles, Or) | ||
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KIRBY's How about 800 from 505 to Tradition and 152 Heritage to Legend 2 and 10 or 12 G | ||
| Post# 323497 , Reply# 9 4/27/2015 at 22:25 (3,279 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Kirbys! | ||
| Post# 323498 , Reply# 10 4/27/2015 at 22:33 (3,279 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
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