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Subject: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bobert Date: 21 Aug 03 - 09:29 PM Well, danged! Here we go again. I'm doing a major remodeling of my house and picked dark green carpet. (Bad move, Bobert...) Well the carpet shows every little light colored thing that comes on on our shoes and needs daily vacuuming. Problem is that the P-Vine (wife person) thinks the only vacuum cleaner to own is an Electrolux cannister. Man, this thing ends up running over it's own cord and then tangling itself, it hose and the poor ol' bobert so bad that I've gotten to wearin' a whistle to blow when I get so tangled up that I need help extracatin' my poor ol'butt fromm that danged thing. So, I saw this battery operated vacuum that's made like in Germany with a metal head and all and a recharger for 60 bucks at Home Depot the other day and I'm thinkin' this would be great. So my question is: Does anyone have one of these and are they worth a danged???? This may not sound like a serious question but it is!.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Rustic Rebel Date: 21 Aug 03 - 09:48 PM Nope, don't have one, probably never will, and Bobert my friend I ask you, Who the hell vacuums anyway? I think when I am not vacuuming, not only do I save money on bags, belts, repair, all that BS, but I have time to spend on much more important things like drinking beer, playing music, eating things from the garden, having fun. Ya know what I mean? So in other words...Fuck vacuuming. Yours truly, Rustic |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Dave Swan Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:02 PM Don't have the German sucker, but we've had two rechargable vacuums and I don't recommend them. They don't suck very hard or for very long. Kirby is the brand for me. I get out the Rigid shop vac when I'm really serious about the heater or the clothes dryer. That thing would suck a golf ball through a garden hose. You just need to be careful about the cat.... D |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bobert Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:08 PM Well danged, RR, I agree with you entirely. Problem is that I made the mistake of turning my mountain cabin into, well, danged if I know but the P-Vine seems to like it.... Sure, we got a nice big ol' garden an'.... got a basement refrigerator filled with beer an'.... I got my music room full of geetars.... but.... (The Bobert breaks down in uncontrolable sobbing. Tears fallin' like thr rains...) ...but I kinda like the *new* look... There, I've said it... (There you go, Bobert. Just go ahead and spill yer guts to this mob of folkie misfits. That's gonna get you some good info on the vacuum cleaners. Real nice, Bobert....) But the danged things look so good in the store... Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: NicoleC Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:14 PM Suggestion -- pick up a commercial carpet sweeper like you see used in movie theaters and department stores. No noise, no energy, and they work pretty good. You still need to vacuum occasionally, but it will clean up the intermittant stuff. The ex-Mister tells me that in Oz they have these backpack units that are supposedly the cats meow. (And he installed *black* carpet.) I've never seen one in the US, but you never know. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Janie Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:19 PM Bobert ol' boy--time to hit the local library and look up the most recent "Consumer Reports" ratings on vacuum cleaners. Since a decent vacuum is not an inexpensive item, it is well worth doing your home work before you buy one. I generally will go with one of their "Best Buy" recommendations. Our current vacuum is a Sharp upright that I bought based on their ratings about 5 years ago, and we are still pleased with it. I particularly like the sound the stray legos make (legos=vacuum fodder)as they get sucked up. Adds a little percussive adventure to cleaning. And I don't have to yell at my kid to pick up. He hears that lego death rattle and comes into his room at a dead run to start picking up just like I asked him to nicely about 30 minutes earlier. Janie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bill D Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:24 PM In vacuum cleaner things, you 'mostly' get what you pay for...the cheap, light things either don't clean well, or they are hard to empty, or they break down easily...etc..I used a Kirby for years (and still have two...one has the eternal Kirby problem of a broken fan blade, as all the dirt comes THRU the impellor.) We now use the best I have seen..a Miehle...but they ain't cheap! (Got it when we thought Rita had asthma, as it takes a HepaFilter)....it is small, quiet, sturdy and SUCKS! The fancy model has a rug brush built into a motorized head at the end of the hose, or you can just use regular attachments.... I think I'd look for used stuff before I'd use one of those real 'light duty' things.. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Stilly River Sage Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:24 PM My ex just sent a vacuum over for a garage sale I'm going to hold soon. The proceeds to go buy the kids a computer. His vacuum was only about 2 years old. Said it made a funny noise. I told him he should take it to the vacuum cleaner guy, but he said it wasn't worth it. I took it to the vacuum cleaner guy--it needed a belt. Cost me $2.71. I have a new vacuum! Bobert, it is the nature of vacuum cleaners to make noise. I prefer Hoover uprights, myself (but the canister is very good). If you're running over your own cord all of the time I hate to think of how you look when you're driving or fishing! Organize the route you plan to follow when you're going to vacuum, and move the furniture before hand if you haven't mastered the one hand vacuum, one hand (and foot sometimes) shift of furniture up to about 200 pounds. ;-) SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Rustic Rebel Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:34 PM Well shoot Bobert, I didn't mean ta make you feel all blue inside, and break down and cry. Yes I think you made a fine choice of vacuums (snicker, snicker, wink). Seriously, I just popped into this thread because it was you that started it and haven't seen you around here much (unless you ARE bUBBA bUBBA, OR dEBBIE eARL!) and thought I'd give you a little shit, but I never meant to make you cry honest. Peace, Rustic PS. The power probably isn't as strong. That makes some kinda sense to me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Sorcha Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:37 PM I currently have a Kirby but swore before this one I would never have another. Too heavy and too hard to haul up and down stairs. But, my Mom bought one and didn't know I had said that, and since she knew she was dying, put the warranty in my name......so I have this Kirby. It does suck well, but ueses bags like you wouldn't beleive. We have 3 dogs, 2 of which are Pembroke Corgis and shed like no tomorriw, carpets get sheeted with dog hair, and I could vacum twice a day, but I refuse. I vacum once a week come hell or high water. If They don't like it, They can vacum! Tried a Rainbow? I never have, but have heard high reccomendations. Sorcha, who also has dark green carpet. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bobert Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:41 PM Thanks fir the advice, SRS and Bill and others. Yeah, I'll admit that I ain't been checked out on the vacuum cleaner or I'd know allthese in's an' out's like plannin' yer routes. Problem with a cannister is that if you start furtherist from the electrical outlet the danged thing is behind you and as you work your way back toward the outlet the cannister and the cord are always behind you looking to tie you up. If you go the other way then you are walkin' and draggin' the vaccum over an area that you just vacuuumed and when you do that the beater brucsh throws stuff back onto where you just vacuumed!!! Thats why I though the battery operated thing would be good. You could just work backward and when it was done, it was done. Time fir a cold beer and play some geetar. I know this is way off the subject, but what about them electric lawnmowers with cords? Man, I'd 'lectrcute myself in no time with one of them... I'm beginning to see that I'm gonna have to spend the $60 on the thing and see..... Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: catspaw49 Date: 21 Aug 03 - 10:49 PM You're talking about the "Shark" sweeper. It isn't a vacuum but a battery operated version of the old push sweepers.......and it does one helluva' job! Got one about a year ago and used the tar out of it. I need a new rechargeable battery now but the thing is simply amazing in what it picks up with just the high speed beater bar. We run the regular Hoover vacuum about once for every ten times we use the Shark. Euro-Pro also makes a Shark hand vac that my sister in law has and it's a killer too. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: harpgirl Date: 21 Aug 03 - 11:06 PM ...you people need to get a life! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Amos Date: 21 Aug 03 - 11:34 PM Sounds like they got one, Harpy -- they're jus' trying to keep up with it! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: JohnInKansas Date: 21 Aug 03 - 11:36 PM For a real treat, we oughta watch Bobert try to use an electric lawnmower. He'd for sure "see the light" about always starting at the outlet and working your way away from it so the cord stays behind you. To do a very good job on carpet, you need decent suction and some kind of "beater" in the sweeping head to loosen the crud. While there are cannister types with "power head" hose attachments to run a little brush, an upright "carpet vacuum" usually gets you more "suck for the buck" for this particular usage. I'm not a big fan of the "ultra" models like Kirby. If it's going to last 50 years, then you're stuck with a half-worn-out sweeper for at least 25 years; and at the price you pay, you almost have to keep using it... You should be able to get a good upright for around $100 (US) or less. My last 3 have been Hoovers, although I've considered other brands. I just got what was the "best in stock" when I "needed" a new one. My most recent replacement, when SWMBO decided we "needed" a new one, has a centrifugal separator (bagless) that's a snap to empty, and a HEPA final filter that seems to last almost indefinitely - and is easy to replace. It doesn't really "clean" any better than the old one, since I dug the furballs out of the brush and replaced the belt; but now we have two perfectly good carpet vacuums. I do have one of the battery powered carpet sweepers (it's a Eureka, dual speed brush carpet broom); but it's suitable only for small emergencies. It's very handy for "spot" jobs, like when someone crunches a snack cracker underfoot at a party - or when a dustbunny snarls at you. It does an "ok-mediocre" job of picking stuff off the surface; but you'd need at least 3 or 4 recharges to do a whole room - inadequately. If you're going to be AR about keeping the carpet "new" looking, you need a decent carpet vac for the daily/weekly job, and probably should look for a good "carpet cleaner" (the wet spray type) for the monthly thorough job. Our approach is to name the dust bunnys when they get big enough to come when you call them - and dispose of them only when they turn vicious. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 22 Aug 03 - 12:55 AM Rustic Rebel, Your suggestion that Bobert may, in fact, be freds (aka Bubba Bubba and Debbie Earl is not without merit. However, please consider the following post by freds from another thread: hey dit yu guis no that the nex planit owt iz makin reddy too atak yu maybee yu dit huh aniwey we jis thot we wood let yu no in caz yu dint no As you can see, of the thirty-four words in the post, seven of them (or slightly over 20%) are spelled correctly. I believe you will find that Bobert's correct spelling percentage hovers somewhere in the 10% range. I think that would eliminate Bobert as a freds candidate. And, oh yeh, Bob, forget the vacuum. Just rip out the carpet and get some "stuff" colored carpet. It's the only kind to have. Ours is a mixture of browns and greens and nothing shows up on it. You can spill a five-course meal on it and not even notice. It gets vac'ed about once a month just to make sure that nothing important is hiding in it. Bruce |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: mg Date: 22 Aug 03 - 01:18 AM if you do most of the vacuuming, you should definitely get whatever vacuum cleaner you prefer, and your wife can use whichever one she prefers. No need to impose wills on something so trivial. Of course if you had asked me sooner I would have said under no circumstances put in carpet as it is a filth collector by definition..just hard floors, rugs on top if preferred, and sweep with a broom. mg |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: sian, west wales Date: 22 Aug 03 - 04:54 AM Bobert, listen. This is important. Never get between a woman and her vacuum-of-choice. Never. Bobert, this is NOT a man toy. This is NOT a Gizzmo. It is a Household Appliance. Bobert, back away - slowly. Keep your hands where we can see them. Concerned in west Wales, sian (who has a Dyson twin-cyclone which, when new, was 'borrowed' by the majority of women in the street for a trial run, much to the annoyance of the men in their respective lives.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Mark Cohen Date: 22 Aug 03 - 05:03 AM But what about the Oreck? I saw on TV it can pick up a bowling ball. Seems like it would be just the thing for those darn bowling balls you can never seem to get off the carpet. Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 22 Aug 03 - 05:57 AM Sorry you did not consult about the flooring before the construction.
As a child our home had gaps between the bamboo-poles. Everything just swept through and under. A coconut shell husk on the houseboy's feet gave the poles a radiant shine.
Sincerely, |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Hrothgar Date: 22 Aug 03 - 06:48 AM Sorcha, why don't you cut out the middle man? Just vacuum the dogs. Personally, I think vacuum cleaners suck. :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: mooman Date: 22 Aug 03 - 06:51 AM Dear Bobert, Interesting aside... When the Swedish Electrolux company first marketed in the US they did not do very well and could not work out why as they had a good product. Then someone pointed to their advertising slogan... "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux" Peace, moo |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Rapparee Date: 22 Aug 03 - 08:53 AM I bought an upright Eureka for about $60 when I got out here in Idaho. It has a beater, a power head, and it sucks well, and for a suck broom that's about all you can ask. It does have a hepa filter, and it uses bags. I fail to see the point in bagless suckers: so you have a hepa filter and so on, but to empty it you have to dump the sucked stuff out of a canister and into a trash container, thereby allowing some of the stuff to escape again. I've used bagless ones, and I say, "Why?" Also, some have see-through dirt chambers. Again, why? If I'm pushing the bloody thing I'm not going to peek around to watch the dirt swirl (reminds me of watching paint drying) and I can think of other things to do to entertain any guests or family. WHEN I vacuum I just want to get the job done and over with as quickly as possible. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Allan C. Date: 22 Aug 03 - 09:18 AM Just a side note here: We have had the technology for many years to be able to make much quieter vacuums. Unfortunately, people have come to equate the level of sucking power with the level of noise and so an "acceptable" amount of racket is engineered into them. Bobert, do as someone mentioned above and besides getting whatever electric marvel you want, get a Bissel, non-electric push & pull model. They are great for getting the odd bits from the floor without your having to do a full vacuuming. Just think, not so very many years ago it was all done with brooms - hence the now seldom-used moniker, "electric carpet sweeper" as the new fangled electric things were called. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bobert Date: 22 Aug 03 - 09:27 AM Well, sian in whales, one thing is fir sure. Never come between a woman (the P-Vine in my case..) and her vacuum cleaner!!! That ought to be in the Bible but if it is I ain't found that. I've even looked thru Rule Boy Chauvinist Paul's letter and not a peep... Yeah, I have a wonderful Eurika upright that works perfectly but when the P-Vine and I got married, her dowry consisted of a nice corner cupborad, a bunch of stretched out credit card bills and a 30 year old Electrolux cannister vacuum, here after know as Jason, 'er whoever that scarey kid was in Friday the 13th... Well Jason has an attitude problem and since the P-Vine has appointed me as the vacuum person, I'm having to deal with Jason several times a week and the relationship is, at best, strained. Jason has a power head and an ego to match it. Danged thing can't pick up a little lint but thinks it can swallow shoes and throw rugs whole and tries to prove it. And every time I turn around Jason wants to go the *other* way. Ain't no follower fir sure. And when Jason finds that it ain't buggun' me or can't get me mad, it wraps it cord around my feet and tries to trip me. One afternoon it got me down in the dining room floor and we had us a good ol' wrestling match before the P-Vine came in and broke it up... Danged possessed household appliance if I ever'd seen one. But, to the P-Vine, Jason is perfect. Oh, what she doesn't know. And I can't tell her a danged thing without her getting all upset. But, what she doesn't know (and please no one tell her...) is that if she goes out, I bring the Eurika upright upsatirs and vacuum the joint and it looks great... Think I'm gonna have to quit this retirment stuff and get a job so I don't have to deal with Jason any more. Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Stilly River Sage Date: 22 Aug 03 - 10:00 AM I visited my old friends at Sears, and while you CAN get a vacuum for around $100, that information doesn't mesh with my vacuum shopping experience. You'll get a better basic and durable machine if you look in the $150 to $200 range. If you find a good vacuum repair place you'll find that you can keep these things going forever, and if you hear it suddenly start to make an odd noise STOP using it and take it to the repair guy. Number one item that messes them up: Legos. I couldn't find any online references to her "hobby," but I am sure I saw Elle McPherson on Jay Leno several years ago, when he presented her with a vacuum cleaner because one of the relaxing things she had said she likes to do at home is vacuum. Unfortunately, a search on "Elle McPherson" and "vacuum" brings up tons of hits that are pretty kinky, and if you qualify it by excluding the word "sex" the search comes back with no hits! Poor woman! I agree with Mary Garvey about floor covering. I hate carpet, and when I moved into this house I tore it out of all rooms but one. It was old and horrible looking anyway (except in one room that had evidently never been used--ironically, it was used as the music room and was where they kept their piano! Not a Mudcat family, obviously!) I haven't finished putting down all of the tile, but most of the house now has ceramic tiles, and I'll eventually tile that front room. Vacuums are fine and useful (and best with a bag)--but if you want to segue to discussion of a broom replacement I detest just bring up "leaf blower." Noisy and stupid. Blow your leaves out into the public street, or spend long minutes trying to coax leaves into one place when a large push broom or a good bamboo rake would do it in a fraction of the time. Ok. I feel better. :) SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Janie Date: 22 Aug 03 - 10:41 AM SRS--Do Not--repeat--Do Not-- share that little Lego tidbit with my son. Bobert, Have you considered calling in an Exorcist? Or at least a Root doctor? Janie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 22 Aug 03 - 10:52 AM Poor Bobert's sad, poor Bob-ert is sad.. He's looking oh so lonesmone and forlorn.. In the "Can You Top" This competition, my wife wanted to put down darg green rugs in our garage when we made it all purty for our Anniversary celebration. Now my car has to wipe it's tires when I drive in. (Just foolin'... we didn't make any room for a car.) But, the Lord is good... The Anniversary was great fun and all the kids gathered in the garage to beat each other's brains out on my Playstation2, and after the Anniversary was over, the Lord pointed out that the garage and them handsome dark green rugs and curtains had created a wonderful space for a recording studio. And danged if it didn't. I've finally gotten everything together and installed in my new recording studio, and then we had an invasion of flies... like something out of the Exorcist. But, I fogged the garage and then vacuumed a couple of pounds of nice, fresh, dead flies, and everything is hunky dory. We have a Hoover and it can suck the skin off a peach (comes in handy when we're making a fruit salad. I just hold the cord all coiled up like a lasso, and sing cowboy songs while I've vacuuming. It works for me. Yer country cuzin... Rufus Razmussin |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: sian, west wales Date: 22 Aug 03 - 10:53 AM Bobert, I think Jason's got a few Biblical guides of his own. Seems he's taken Proverbs 1, verse 27 to heart. (I'll make it easy for ya! ) Better make sure his flex chord is in good nick or you may have an Ezekiel 1, verse 4 situation on your hands. Maybe even a 2 Kings 2, verse 1 If you hear voices (Job 38, verse 1), it'll be time for a quick lie-down in a darkened room, just so you it doesn't go Jeremiah 23, verse 19 on you! I still like my Dyson. So do the other ladies in the street. We're considering suggesting a range of Feminine Attachments to the company ... but I guess P-Vine's Jason already has that. It's called Bobert. sian |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Amos Date: 22 Aug 03 - 01:59 PM FIlter Queen, built in the 40's, chrome plated steel and heavy-gauge rubber, keeps up with everything we throw at it. It kust keeps on truckin'. It is a miracle of vacuums. Personally, though, I love my high-horsepower big-can Shop Vac. I call him Big Suck. Ole Big Suck can handle anything!! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Allan C. Date: 22 Aug 03 - 02:31 PM Ah, yes, Filter Queen. How many remember that Filter Queen was the sponsor for the TV show, "Queen For A Day"? I rarely admit to it; but I was a vacuum cleaner "salesman" - for about three weeks. The job title is in quotation marks because I never successfully sold a single one. I do agree, however, that the design of the Filter Queen is a very good one. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bev and Jerry Date: 22 Aug 03 - 02:54 PM more than you ever wanted to know or thought there was to know about vacuum cleaners Bev and Jerry |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: GUEST Date: 22 Aug 03 - 03:16 PM I can't believe I read the whole thing! hahahahaha |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 22 Aug 03 - 03:40 PM Forgot we bought a new vacuum cleaner and checked the brand... it's a Panasonic.. and works fine.. I just can't get used to products with brand names I associate with something else... you can't even play CDs in my vacuum cleaner. But then, I'm driving a Maytag.. Razz |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bill D Date: 22 Aug 03 - 03:53 PM I see that site mentioned above shows the Miele...all umpty-eight expensive models!(Some are tolerable, if you don't get the HepaFilter and the powerhead) But Miele is the proof that powerful does not have to mean noisy! It is amazingly quiet.We have had one for 8 years now, and it is a fine machine! It was a strain on the budget when we got it, but I am glad now we did. The site also debunks the bowling ball tesy |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: GUEST,Wordless Woman Date: 22 Aug 03 - 04:51 PM Spot on, Nicole C! Use a carpet sweeper to get up the bits of fluff between weekly vacuumings. We keep ours in the corner of the room with the dark green carpet. A friend who is allergic to almost everything on the planet has a Miele and he's quite happy with it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Banjer Date: 23 Aug 03 - 03:24 AM Bobert...You am doing it the hard way, my frien'....don't worry about all the fancy dancy vacuum cleaners and attachments and power cords, throw them all away. Think of the stuff your carpet collects as 'insulation' the more it collects over the years the better insulated you will become. As for the odd colored debris that tends to wind up in your plush pile, just get yourself a can of paint that matches the carpet, spray every couple of days and your insulation will not only build up fast but be locked in place as well! Simple solutions from simple minds work best! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: C-flat Date: 23 Aug 03 - 04:49 AM This puts me in mind of a conversation me and the "boys" in the band had just before a gig a couple of weeks back. 25 years earlier we would have discussing girls, beer, substances, music etc, etc, the topic of our animated conversation was vaccuum cleaners and which was better. VACCUUM CLEANERS!!!!!???? That's Rock and Roll! C-flat. P.S. I've got a Dyson and it sucks!..............no, really!....... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Hollowfox Date: 23 Aug 03 - 10:46 AM I think Amos has the right thought. What's the difference between a shop vac and a vacuum cleaner anyway? Seems like it's just a difference in vocabulary to me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: NicoleC Date: 23 Aug 03 - 11:41 AM A Shop Vac is a macho-acceptable version of a vacuum cleaner. It comes in manly colors like red and black and it's a testosterone-laden size and shape. All joking aside, most Shop Vacs can pick up nails and sawdust and chemical spills that would make most "vacuum cleaners" fall over with fright. On the other hand, they stink on carpet. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Sorcha Date: 23 Aug 03 - 12:41 PM I like the spray paint idea............ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bill D Date: 23 Aug 03 - 12:43 PM Shop Vacs are LOUD!..They are specialized gadgets designed to move lots of air thru (generally) larger hoses (they often have the ability to suck up water, using a special filter. They 'can' be useful in the rest of the house for certain tasks, if you can stand the noise. But secure the cat before you try it! (I used one when I sanded newly installed ceilings to keep the dust down. ) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: GUEST Date: 23 Aug 03 - 12:47 PM Useless.
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: GUEST,Pedro Ayala Date: 28 Oct 04 - 03:49 AM Are there others vacum cleaner systems likes rainbow, but more cheap? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: John MacKenzie Date: 28 Oct 04 - 04:29 AM Fact is stranger than suction. Giok |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 28 Oct 04 - 06:16 AM A Library has two types of books - Fiction & Non-Fiction. Fiction books are fixed to the shelves and may not be moved. Non-Fiction books may be moved at will. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: John MacKenzie Date: 28 Oct 04 - 08:24 AM To overcome inertia it helps to eliminate fiction. Giok :~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bobert Date: 28 Oct 04 - 08:40 AM Grrrrrrrrrr.... I had forgotten about this thread and was just thinkin' the other day how much I hate the P-Vine's vacuum cleaner and was thinkin' about startin' a thread about the gol blasted thing... Now I'm glad I didn't do it 'er you all would know just how little short term memory stuff I'z actually cartin' 'round these days... Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Rapparee Date: 28 Oct 04 - 08:52 AM Excuse me. I'm a librarian and have been one for better'n thirty years. And I must say that Foolestroupe is wrong. Library materials (we have far more than books) fall into two categories: fRiction and nonfRiction. Frictional materials rub people the wrong way. Then people come to me and bitch about them. These include, but are not limited to, Harry Potter, the Quran, the Bible, the Book of Mormon, Huckleberry Finn, The Communist Manifesto, the Goosebumps series, Wicca, Chaucer, Shakespeare, the teachings of the Buddha, Gray's Anatomy, all politics, Wealth of Nations, The Origin of Species, Tom Paine, Richard Peck, and anything that mentions, however obliquely, or even hints at, s*x. On the other hand, nonfrictional materials don't exist. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bobert's Vacuum Cleaner Question From: Bill D Date: 28 Oct 04 - 12:39 PM How 'bout "The Count of MonteCrisco"?...that gets close. |
