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PREMIER UPRIGHT!--Today's Goodwill Find
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Post# 82238   10/11/2009 at 17:42 (5,281 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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St. Lucie West Goodwill, which netted me my lovely two tone maroon and white Convertible, the $10.00 Magnavox, a Drexel Projection sideboard from 1958, and this ethereal cream yellow and white with beige bag Premier upright. $7.25 with tax. It is loaded with luxury features-exclusive $1.98 toggle switch for on/off, a metal hook which lowers the handle for cleaning, multi-level carpet adjustment, and the big plastic throw switches on either side of the hood. I thought it looked like one of the 1950s Convertibles from the rear, imagine my surprise when it turned out to be this! Sorry for the washed out pics, I wanted them tonight. Machine has seen very little hard use, and owner's name is crayoned onto the hood. I will try for better pics tomorrow.

Post# 82239 , Reply# 1   10/11/2009 at 17:48 (5,281 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        
The whole thing

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I can't figure out how to upright the image in the set that posts into Vacuumland. Apparently there was too much light, the sun was behind me, and the batteries are allright.

Post# 82240 , Reply# 2   10/11/2009 at 18:32 (5,281 days old) by funvacfan (Canada)        
Lucky you!

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I've been on the lookout for one of those for awhile now! You just never know what you will find at Goodwill!

Guy


Post# 82241 , Reply# 3   10/11/2009 at 18:51 (5,281 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)        

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Looks very interesting, Alan.

the 'holy halo' effect is the one I get when I morning-breath-fog my glasses after the shower, to polish the lenses or enter a warmer building from the frozen outdoors in winter . Can also occur in a glass lens when the camera is removed from a sweaty shirt pocket. But mostly happens when a cold camera is suddenly moved into a warm environment. Most camera lenses have an anti-fog coating on the outside but the internal focusing lens elements do not. Ultra-fine condensation blooms temporarily until the surface & core temps equalize. so by chance was your camera inside next to or on top of the airconditioner before you went out into the humid Florida air?

Idea #2. Photographers can quickly achieve this effect by shooting through fine gauze or smearing a light coat of Pam or butter over the outside lens for that Hollywood Vaseline Glamour Shot look. :-)

Dave


Post# 82260 , Reply# 4   10/12/2009 at 04:07 (5,281 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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Dave, you have to be right about the camera lens thing. I keep the camera in a Tupperware container on the floor a few feet away from the air conditioner, which has the air handler mounted under the window. Air blows across the floor. Should be mounted higher.

Anyway, I tried a test shot a minute later in the house, no problem. Thanks for uprighting the pic and darkening it. I uploaded Picasa 3 accidentally months ago, when my sister sent a picture. I can do all kinds of things on that, just not on a lot of the pictures on the Windows album.


Post# 82283 , Reply# 5   10/12/2009 at 16:54 (5,280 days old) by vacman117 (Chicago, IL)        

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you should use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to get that crayon off there if you are going to. It should do the trick.

Post# 82285 , Reply# 6   10/12/2009 at 17:53 (5,280 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        
Petretti Premier

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Thanks, I'll try that. I got the 3M Brand erasers at Big Lots one day, that should do it.

Post# 82440 , Reply# 7   10/16/2009 at 01:20 (5,277 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI)        
Wow

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Looks to be in great condition Alan.I love it!!!

Post# 82446 , Reply# 8   10/16/2009 at 05:28 (5,277 days old) by arh1953 ( River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)        

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It is very clean, as far as appearance goes, just a little detail work and the magic eraser. I could use a belt too, there might be a new one in the "parts bin" in the Goodwill, quite a few NOS bags and belts. Grocery store brand, Rug Doctor or something.


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