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Thread Number: 40245
/ Tag: 50s/60s/70s Vacuum Cleaners
Always HOOVERING something! |
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| Post# 427281 6/19/2020 at 12:17 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
"Hoovering" is a British term for vacuuming. One "Hoovers" the rug with their Dyson Hoover. I love to vacuum with my 'hoover'.
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| Post# 427282 , Reply# 1 6/19/2020 at 12:18 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The elusive model 31. This one sat on a staircase for years.
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| Post# 427283 , Reply# 2 6/19/2020 at 12:19 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Even the model 541 wants to "Hoover" the shags.
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| Post# 427284 , Reply# 3 6/19/2020 at 12:20 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Explaining the attachments to fellow Vacuum Cleaner Collectors Convention attendees.
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| Post# 427285 , Reply# 4 6/19/2020 at 12:21 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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"Hoovering" the mats in the car. What was that stain?
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| Post# 427286 , Reply# 5 6/19/2020 at 12:23 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Even the dust belching model 70 gets to come out of retirement - once.
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| Post# 427288 , Reply# 6 6/19/2020 at 12:24 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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checking out an almost brand new Model G Electrolux hoover.
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| Post# 427289 , Reply# 7 6/19/2020 at 12:25 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Finally. A hoover that works 'properly' (ha ha). They sell Rainbows in England, so this is a Rainbow hoover.
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| Post# 427295 , Reply# 8 6/19/2020 at 13:07 (1,400 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
As an English professor, I have to ask...
So, would 'hoover,' used as a verb be lowercase or uppercase? Would it make a difference depending on what brand what brand of 'hoover' one was using? I would make the argument that the verb form would be lowercased regardless, as would the noun form when used to refer generically to any vacuum cleaner, regardless of brand—not that the Hoover company, or whoever owns the trademarks at this point, would necessarily approve.
Back in my newspaper days, the office had a subscription to a trade journal called 'Editor and Publisher'. Every issue contained large ads from various companies (e.g., Kimberly-Clark, 3M, General Foods) exhorting readers not to use their trademarked product names (e.g,. Kleenex, Sheetrock, Scotch tape, Jello) as common nouns. The Associated Press Style Manual also had copious listings of trademarked brand names and generic equivalents to use when not referring to the actual branded product (e.g., body filler instead of Bondo). Sometimes common usage becomes frequent enough to spawn exceptions to the proper noun. Case in point: Xerox. Used as a noun, it is capitalized and refers to a specific brand of photocopiers. Ricoh, for instance, does not make Xerox machines. But used as a verb (to xerox a document) it is lowercase and is not necessarily band specific, although the Xerox Corporation would doubtless beg to differ. Unfortunately, they have been somewhat overruled by Merriam-Webster. There is also a common noun, xerography and its adjective form xerographic, that refer to the act or art of making photocopies. Neither of these are capitalized as they are not nouns, proper or otherwise. | ||
| Post# 427320 , Reply# 9 6/19/2020 at 15:43 (1,400 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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I guess one would 'hoover' a rug with a Hoover. Better yet, we can 'hoover' a rug with a Kirby hoover. I can't see any reason anyone (in their right mind) would HOOVER anything. Except in that Cheech and Chong movie with the ajax cleanser and a paper plate. Haven't seen that movie in close to 40 years.
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| Post# 427321 , Reply# 10 6/19/2020 at 15:49 (1,400 days old) by watsonw (Newport, Shropshire, UK) | ||
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Hoovering I hoover our carpets with my junior 119 or senior 652a. dyson my carpets......NO CHANCE!!!! Love your 541; is that the original santeen bag? Regards, Walter. | ||
| Post# 427391 , Reply# 11 6/20/2020 at 09:31 (1,399 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Hi Walter:
Thank you so much for the nice words. Yes, that's the original bag. Here's a better picture I took at the Holidays one year. This Hoover was given to me by Stan Kann (the godfather of vacuum collecting). It was his Aunt Cora's. He also gave me his Air-Way Zephyr twin motor upright - I've only ever seen ONE and it was his. I remember the rainy night when he gave them to me. There's an awesome video on YouTube of Stan. A large group of my friends as well as myself, spent an entire day with Stan and his vac collection. It's a wonderful video that shows Stan's sense of humor. Hard to believe he's been gone more than a decade.
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| Post# 427403 , Reply# 14 6/20/2020 at 12:08 (1,399 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Stan Kann
Was a GREAT man. Short in stature, but with a giant heart. I'm am blessed to have known him as long as I did and to say he was a good and genuine friend of mine. Charles Lester wrote a beautiful interview with Stan for the old VCCC newsletter. Of course I have my copy on my desk. When I read it, I can hear Stan (in my head) giving the interview. Stan Kann had a year-long television show where he was the host. It was filmed in Canada. Dom DeLuise was on his first show. Dom and Stan made some dish (I don't remember what exactly). Stan couldn't cook to save his life. Stan had the videos from his show put on DVD and he gave me copy. He was the ultimate Hoover guru. I learned more from him than anyone else on this earth. I miss him everyday. In the pic are a few of his machines.
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| Post# 427435 , Reply# 17 6/20/2020 at 20:50 (1,399 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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| Post# 427516 , Reply# 18 6/22/2020 at 10:03 (1,397 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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I went to Catholic school for years, being the good Irish boy I was. Not only did we have to go every day of the school year in the morning, my family also went on Sundays. One of our neighbors had this model Hoover. I remember being fascinated with it, and how it floated The lady who owned it was very nice, I was friends with her kids, but I don’t see how her children didn’t starve to death. She was a terrible cook. She could burn water. Even the soup was dry. What would sister Mary Agnes say?
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| Post# 427519 , Reply# 19 6/22/2020 at 10:19 (1,397 days old) by Real1shep (Walla Walla, WA) | ||
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Nice color Connie. I'll respectfully decline opinions on the Catholic part of the narative....... Kevin | ||
| Post# 427562 , Reply# 20 6/23/2020 at 10:23 (1,396 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Kevin
The one thing I enjoyed about going to Catholic school (until 5th grade) was that all the families knew each other. Which meant I got to go to the homes of the other kids in schools often (after school and on Saturday). I got to see everyone's vacuum (always looking in closets). I knew what everyone had. I still remember those kids and their parent's cleaners today. Luckily, I have acquired most of those models today. I also paid attention to what kind of dishwasher and washing machines they all had as well.
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| Post# 427774 , Reply# 22 6/27/2020 at 18:21 (1,392 days old) by Dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Eldon concurs
Blue looks beautiful on a Hoover.
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