Sorry that's Electrolux , Kirbys worked pretty good. YMMV. Dave in Fairfax
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OK, wreckers. It's 'fess up time!
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Stings, too!
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My sole sample of one Kirby (that had been donated to our church) didn't exactly impress me. Maybe others were better. However, the pushy salespeoples, that was definitely Kirby. They were one of the reasons for getting an answering machine. They decided that telemarketing was the best way to find marks without having to go to every door. You'd think one call would be enough, apparently they thought that calling monthly might get you to agree to a demonstration. (How many different ways do I have to tell you that "No" means get lost, you're bothering me?)
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Take it to the TLE at Wal-Mart. They'll dispose of it for ya!
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I sent e-mail to the above address but I suspect it's munged. Change my username to owen (keep the rest of my address) and send me a message if you're serious.
- Owen -
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Did. Even took it apart to make sure it wasn't clogged up with anything. Nope. Fine. It just doesn't suck worth a damn. Complete waste of electricity even bothering to run the stupid, useless thing.
This carpet HAS to come out of here. I HATE carpet.
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It just ain't fun anymore.
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I just did it, FINALLY, when one of my jugs sprung a leak somehow and got oil all over the place.
I have no idea how much liquid one of those cat litter jugs hold, but I'd say 1.5 to 2 gallons, probably. I had about 30 of them. It took me half the day to pour all of them into the hole.
Yeah, can't just pour it on the driveway anymore.
Um. Not that I ever did that.
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It's a date. About 2007 good for you? :)
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Um. Dad used to buy a truckload of logs, cut it to length, and then hand me a maul. I was pretty good at splitting wood, but I missed from time to time. Usually after about the fourth or fifth cord. Miss about five good times, and it's time to go to Sears and get a new maul.
I must have split about 40 or 50 cords of wood with one maul. Which I replaced about 20 times. :) It was easier after I could DRIVE to Sears for a new maul.
Wow, I'm so soft and squishy now.
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I bought these (sockets) in about 1990.
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At least here in western NY, any place that sells oil in quantity is required by law to accept used oil for recycling. Advance Auto, Auto Zone, Tractor Supply, etc. I think Wal-Mart is too, but I'm not sure.
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Umm, I picked up my D&D 21 year old early this evening (about 10:30 pm) for starting fights at a party. He quit listening to his daddy several years ago...
The alarms go off at 4:00 am, 3 hours & 40 minutes from now, to take him to the airport to go back to the Army...
On his behalf, he's only 1/3rd as messed up as I was at his age.
-- Mark
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Probably the same here, but the recycling center is closer. All of them are less convenient than stuffing yet another jug of oil into the shed to deal with later. :)
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You should be able to get a new Hoover suck-o-lux for less than $100. We did that 5 years ago -- works really well.
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Our town picks up oil with the recycling. Problem is, the geniuses that set up the program made a two quart per week limit. The average oil change takes how many quarts?
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The Leigh dovetail jig. It was probably fifteen years ago, and one of the early models, but it's just a PITA. It'll only do 7 degree dovetails, which IMHO are glorified box joints, and the jig is too much trouble to use. And it was expensive, to boot.
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I don't usually make dates with guys, not being a nurse, too much talk. But in this case I'll make an exception. %-)
Dave in Fairfax
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Couldn't agree more. Computers - making them, playing with 'em, learning OS's used to be fun. As they got more Windozed and fancier they became less fun. What a loss.
Dave in Fairfax
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Oooooooooo! I had to buy my (now) ex-wife one of those. SOB salesman must have had his antennae finely tuned that day. Came to the door just as wife and I had a real ding-dong of a bust up. She was headed towards divorce but settled for the Kirby (with sanding attachment, no less). Couple of years later she got the divorce AND the Kirby. God I miss that vac!
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