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Thread Number: 39604
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
Does anyone cringe at their vacuum conversations when they were a kid? |
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| Post# 420072 2/16/2020 at 18:10 (1,527 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
When I was in elementary school I used to be probably more obsessed with vacuums than I am now. I was interested in all kinds of strange things such as light fixtures, fans, appliances, etc. Not so much monster trucks and sports like must boys.
I can remember asking my fourth grade teacher what kind of vacuum cleaners she used. She told me she had a Kenmore canister she bought when she built her house as well as a Rainbow. I asked which one she used more and she said the Rainbow because of her allergies. In the third grade we had a halloween parade at school and I dressed up as a shop vac. That same year my teacher said she had a Panasonic upright vacuum that stopped working and she wanted to have me look at it, although it never happened. She also had me help her put together a fan she bought for the classroom one day during class. Sometimes I cringe at my obsession but I guess nobody was bothered by it. I don't think I ever talked about it much with kids my age. My obsession sometimes bothered my parents, but it was understandable since at times it was all I would talk about. | ||
| Post# 420073 , Reply# 1 2/16/2020 at 19:14 (1,527 days old) by Caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Fan-of-fans.
When I was a kid, it was a common question "what type of vacuum cleaner do you have?" In most cases it was an Electrolux and the models ranged from XXX to the model G. There were also a number of Kirby, and Hoover owners, and a Sears Kenmore here and there. I knew what every friends mother, sister, aunt and grandmother had. I was also famous for looking in closets to find the vacuum cleaner. I could be left in a store in the vacuum department, and stay there. In school I drew them, molded them out of clay, looked for ads in magazines, or on television. And yes, I also went dressed as a vacuum cleaner one Halloween, but I was an Electrolux XXX. Obsessed? I thought I was the only one who did this. I was wrong! When I started talking to the first members of the Vacuum Cleaner Collector's Club I realized we all did just that. Each of us started as kids, and in many cases drove our families crazy with vacuum cleaner talk. And the standard comment was "you collect what?" followed with a drop of the jaw. Interestingly we also filed the information in our heads. We thought it was 'useless' knowledge, but it was actually the material for the first club newsletters. And at almost age 70, I assure you the interest is still there.
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| Post# 420079 , Reply# 3 2/16/2020 at 23:18 (1,527 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 420080 , Reply# 4 2/16/2020 at 23:25 (1,527 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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| Post# 420364 , Reply# 5 2/21/2020 at 12:23 (1,522 days old) by dandagreer (Nashville, TN) | ||
Me too
My love for vacuums goes all the way back to early childhood. There's a picture floating around somewhere of Christmas, 1980; I was 3 years old. My grandmother received a brand new Eureka 1458A for Christmas. The Polaroid is of me hugging the box. They tell the story that after I hugged the box, I said, "No more presents" because, apparently I wanted to play with her new vacuum!
When I went to people's houses, the first thing I used to ask was, "What kind of vacuum do you have?" I think my family eventually got used to it, but sometimes, I do "cringe" when I think about it lol. Glad to know I wasn't the only one, though. I never met anyone else who liked vacuums as much as me until I discovered this forum some 6 or 7 years ago now, I think. Nowadays, I'm especially drawn to vacuums from my childhood. I have the Kirby from my great grandparents, my parent's Kmart special Eureka. Just missing my other grandmother's lime green Kenmore best canister! | ||
| Post# 420404 , Reply# 6 2/22/2020 at 12:03 (1,521 days old) by crazykirbydude (Lexington, KY) | ||
I've been into vacuums since the very beginning. I even dug up some old pictures!
Pic 1: 18 month old me playing with a toy vacuum Pic 2: My collection when I was about 6 years old Pic 3: Me and a Bissell Lift-Off Revolution when I was about 6 years old Pic 4: Me at 7 years old vacuuming the porch with a Bissell PowerForce Bagless Pic 5: Me at 6 years old in my Halloween costume | ||
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