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Post# 99388   5/29/2010 at 18:11 (5,079 days old) by tommymilan (milano)   |   | |
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Post# 99418 , Reply# 2   5/29/2010 at 22:20 (5,079 days old) by portable (Corvallis, OR)   |   | |
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Mike Pupek sent me an almost-perfect Hoover Convertible Model 65, I was in heaven. The only thing it needed was a bumper. We figured that the prior owner had run it into a piece of furniture, ripped the bumper, and taken it into the local vacuum store and traded it in for something else. The night I got the Convertible in the mail from Mike, I went to bed and had a dream that I was in one of the local thrift stores and found a beat-up Convertible. It had a perfect bumper that I could use on the perfect Convertible. The dream seemed so vivid and real. The next morning, I went to the thrift store that had been in my dreams. I almost wet myself when I rounded a corner in the store and saw....a beat-up pink Model 65, with the perfect bumper. It was WEEKS before I came down from my cloud in the sky. Dreams sometimes ARE the predictors of the future (and sometimes....not). I think it's what Dave Kerr refers to as Twingle........... |
Post# 99429 , Reply# 4   5/29/2010 at 22:50 (5,079 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas)   |   | |
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WOW,,that is awsome!,,you guys have good memories!,,my vacuum dreams arent that vivid,,but one particular dream i can remember, because its been so re-occuring over the years. Not so much anymore, but still once in a great while. The real life was, Some neighbors we had once had a Beam Central Vac in their house,,and as a kid i was COMPLETLY facinated by it. This was about the same time as when the Jetson Cartoons were a bid deal to me,,(late 60s, early 70s ),,so to me, Central Vac was like something the Jetsons would have. And just the COOLEST thing ever devised! This particual house was HUGE,(compaired to ours),,game room, pool table, bar, formal dining room,,3 baths, ect. and the lady of the house ran a Beauty Shop out of the finished basement, so their Central Vac unit was a BIG one,,and if they were using it, and their garage door was open,,,you could hear the WHINE of the motor clearly,,,and this house was nearly a half a block away! This Central Vac had a long brownish hose, with a Preco Powerhead,,and that too was extremely cool to me. As were the inlet ports,,the round door kind. They had many through out the entire house,,at least 8 or more. The inlets were brass. I used to have fun trying to find all the inlets. A few were not in the walls, but in the FLOORS. I remember they had one inlet in the dinning room floor. Also there were a full set of attachments, the same as that would have come with a deluxe Eureka canned ham model of the same era,(early 1970s),,the extra wide floor brush, the regular carpet tool with the flip up/down brush, and all the usual attachments. All the attachments and wands, with the elbow, were in a cardboard carrying case. They kept the hose and attachments in a downstairs work room/storage closet, that the Dad used as his workshop. The dream is always of me using that Central Vac,,and/or living in this house. Luckily, i DID get to actually use it a few times in real life. I guess the reason its in my dreams so much (not as often as it used to be tho)is because the people who lived there had ALOT more money and ALOT bigger house than we did,,so, i guess i was impressed by that. Their Central Vac sure made our dumb old Hoover Connie look like a piece of CRAP!! (to me at the time anyway) haha Now i wish i still had that old Connie! (Side Note); A couple of years ago when i was in the area, i drove thru that neighborhood and past that house to see if the garage doors were up,,YEP, sure enough!,,and that old Beam Central Vac was STILL there! |
Post# 99447 , Reply# 6   5/30/2010 at 06:14 (5,079 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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A freind of mine had a scary dream of my vacuums chasing and attacking me.He even called me to ask if I was OK.I showed him the vacuum cleaners are unplugged! I have dreams of Kirbys,Royals.Hard to detail about them. |
Post# 99458 , Reply# 8   5/30/2010 at 08:58 (5,079 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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The Twingle comes to those that are Pure of Heart and Stalwart. or something like that. Can't explain the Twingle - it just is what it is and when you feel it radiate through your body from tip to toe you know there's something of interest calling out to you. I have had more than my fair share of Twingle Incidents over the years, too numerous to list but I've posted about a few here with over-the-top trembling joy. It is true that good Thrift Store treasures are becoming the exception rather than the rule, as it was 20 years ago. That is the nature of time and people passing through. And yet as we see and hear here in the Forums there are still plenty of surprises to be found if you're in the right place at the right time. The 'Pure of Heart and Stalwart' part is another way of saying 'be relaxed and receptive to the call'. Don't beat yerself up when something slips away from you - The Twingle has something much better on hold for you. I always head out with a positive outlook, whether thrifting on purpose or just going about the day from here to there. Naturally, The Twingle appreciates a little assistance now & then and so I look up Thrift and Vacuum Stores in the online yellow pages and put the addresses in the GPS, when traveling to a new area. This weekend was the Stratford City Wide Treasure Hunt aka free stuff on the curbs. as recently as three years ago you could come home with a car stuffed to the windowsills and go out for more. I am sad but not surprised that after scouring the street grid Friday night, and Saturday as I drove about there was not one single item of interest to be found. Literally nothing but busted barbecues, faded resin patio 'Outdoor Room' wares, stained overstuffed 90s furniture and sagging vinylwood-veneered chip board 'media entertainment centres' and tasteless computer desks. Not one vacuum. I'd put out a half dozen newer working toasters and they were all gone when I got home. I was going to put out a few plastic vacs and two Filter Queens with hoses and tools but because of the Cord Cutting Monsters that troll the streets at events like this, decided against it. I guess small appliance cords are too short to hold the same appeal. May the Twingle be ever with you and guide you. Dave Just did another run out for coffee and boat snacks and found this! Dragged it home and used it to vacuum out the car and then...then... I vacuumed the garage floor of sand, leaves, rocks - ok, pebbles - and fine fine dirt. Bissell Easy Vac bagless. It did a beautiful job of grooming the asphalt. :-) patrick has arrived so it's off to the lake... |
Post# 99517 , Reply# 9   5/30/2010 at 20:35 (5,078 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada)   |   | |
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