Thread Number: 29743
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A visit to see 2 friends... |
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Post# 331357 , Reply# 1   8/9/2015 at 20:34 (3,153 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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Were some of the FIRST VCCC members MANY years ago, their knowledge could fill several books. |
Post# 331360 , Reply# 2   8/9/2015 at 22:11 (3,153 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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Post# 331385 , Reply# 3   8/10/2015 at 09:23 (3,153 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Billy and Roger are awesome guys. I met them a year or two before you did. We were some of the very first members of the VCCC.
Congratulations on the wonderful finds. The Kenmore is a fantastic cleaner - you're so lucky to have it. I love the Kingston, I had the Coronado badged version of that. I brought it to the meeting where we plugged in the Kirby to 240 volts and it wouldn't blow up. You ran it, I believe. No one else had the balls to do so. Love the model 10 Eureka as well. One of Eureka's finest straight suction uprights. |
Post# 331391 , Reply# 4   8/10/2015 at 11:31 (3,153 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 331466 , Reply# 7   8/11/2015 at 11:47 (3,152 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Oh Hans:
Those were the days. We didn't need stupid banquets and awards. Our "no alcohol" policy worked great. I think our only elected 'officials' were the club President (that would have been ME) and a treasurer. Charles did the newsletters for a long time, and they were AWESOME. Hard copies (which I've kept and still refer to). None of this 'download' stuff. I remember getting lunch for everyone - we had all kinds of sandwiches and chips, potato salad and slaw, and all kinds of pop. Everyone was genuinely happy to be at a VCCC meeting - no 'cliques'. No snobbery. That all came later - after the club got more than about 75 members. Nothing like it is today. Some great times, and great memories. And GOOD FRIENDS who stayed friends for - well - more than two decades. |
Post# 331474 , Reply# 9   8/11/2015 at 14:59 (3,151 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Hans: I agree. Hoover Elites and Eureka Bravos are dumpster food. Loud, dust belching, plastic toys. And they were made in the USA - just not very well. Now a Hoover 61, or an Electrolux Automatic G - those are real vacuums.
I remember the first time all of us got together at my house. Do you remember? We emptied out Hoover type A bags from repair jobs at my vacuum shop. Threw the dirt on my rug, and had the cleaning contest. Jason Davis's Kirby model C stalled from all the dirt, but my Hoover 61 picked it right up. This is a picture from that day. We also met Tania that day, and Craig Long told about his "Miss Lady Beverly Whispertone" fantasy - with the poodle skirt. I was so embarrassed that Tania would be horrified. She wasn't.
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Post# 331496 , Reply# 11   8/11/2015 at 18:55 (3,151 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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Is that Columbus, a REALLY rare old machine,I havent heard from Mike Pletcher in years, wonder how he is doing. |
Post# 331541 , Reply# 12   8/12/2015 at 12:10 (3,151 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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Yes Hans, that was David's Columbus - which now lives at America's only Vacuum Cleaner Museum in St. James, Missouri.
Those were the days. My hair was black back then (actually, very dark brown). It's much lighter in color today, but still have a full head (knock on wood). I can't begin to imagine what some people would do if we threw dirt all over their rugs. But heck, they're rugs and we have vacuums. Who cares. We never had to put on rubber gloves to touch sweepers either. |