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Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 2:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
This is off topic but, just in case, I'm laying it out for you all. Personally, I just plunk the bottle w/cork in my recycle bin, it will get smashed & separated (I have no doubt).

But there may be people with a serious need to know this information (kind of fun watch anyhow). I am so unclear as to what would happen if there were still wine in the bottle:

Removing a cork from the bottle trick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL1ovAYtKuQ

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 5:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Tish, I had a Dyson and I hated it. My Dyson hated area rugs. The beater bar would constantly make a ratcheting sound when it was on area rugs. I had to bring it in to a dealer twice to have the beater bar fixed. It took forever for the Dyson to adjust heights from bare floors to area rugs to suck in a good way. It only worked well on bare floors, whereas my $100 Eureka upright sucks great on rugs and bare floors.

I wouldn't recommend a Dyson for anyone unless all they have is bare floors with no area rugs throughout their house - which if that is all you have, you don't need to spend $500 on a vacuum cleaner.


Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Like Tishala, I'm beginning to think this is largely luck. For example, Twinkie doesn't like Dirt Devil at all. However, we got a really inexpensive Dirt Devil just for picking up a few crumbs here and there and we haven't used our big regular Hoover vacuum since. The amount of dirt and crap that the little Dirt Devil picks up is nothing short of astonishing and we have thick carpets. I can't believe how well it works. And there is no bag so it is trivial to empty and keep clean.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I have an inexpensive stick vac (cordless) that I use in between housekeeper visits. My current theory, once I ditch the canister that she uses, is to buy a $200 or less vacuuum. With my long hair, hair gets wrapped around the beater bar, the belt, the entire thing. And they are always a PITA to clean. So I'm thinking that buying cheap (like the stick vac, which also needs to be replaced) and considering it disposable works for me (like every 3 years, dump the damn thing).

Then again, I hate to vacuum. That's why someone comes and does it for me! :-)

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Ok, I have a queensland heeler lab cross who is in the house most of the time. She sheds at least a cats worth of hair a day. I don't get why she sheds so damn much, but it's that kind of course hair that sticks terribly tot he carpet. It's very frustrating. I have a bissell and it does fairly well on the dog hair. I may have to go over the same area several times, but eventually it gets it. It's got a spin brush attachment that works good on getting down against baseboards. I also have hardwood floors and dog hair tends to not sweep up well, so I can turn the brushes off and this vacuum sucks it up pretty well. I vacuum every day with it. The worst part is the cleaning. It's a mess to clean.

HOWEVER, the filters can be tossed in the dishwasher (by themselves of course) and then tossed into the dryer. I may be the only one who does this, though. I am about to purchase a different kind of vacuum that works better on dog hair, so if anyone has any suggestions on the best dog hair vacuums, that'd be great.

Oh, and I only paid about $75 at target for my vacuum.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Tishala, I have been intrigued by the shark navigator. I was going to buy it but I got my existing vac serviced for $36. If it doesn't suck stuff up better I am going to try the shark, it is supposedly comparable to the $500 dyson.
http://www.sharkclean.com/navigator/offer1.shtml

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
Can anyone explain to me what it means or implies when someone puts a word between two astericks?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I think it just means that the word is emphasized (kind of similar to using bold).

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
Ah. I see. Thank you, Jimmer.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 1:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Dipo, I think that's the direction I'm leaning in. I've read TOO many vacuum reviews the past couple days.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Not luck for me. I sold Kirby vacuums for 4 years and the main part of my job was to compare what other vacuums picked up....or didn't I should say, to what the Kirby picks up. In 4 years I consistantly "killed" Dirt Devils over and over and over again. Probably close to a hundred in 4 years. It was the worst by far for picking up dirt. I'm not talking about the stuff you can see on the surface of your carpet. I'm talking about what you don't see. If you've had your carpet for a couple of years and you lift it up in a high traffic area, if you have a bad vacuum you will find a LOT of dirt on the floor under the carpet. I used to take their vacuum and do a 6'x6' area 50 times. More than you normally vacuum a spot. Then I would take the Kirby and vacuum over the same spot ONCE. I knew if you had a Dirt Devil I was going to pick up a ton of dirt. Some others are almost as bad. The best ones were Panasonic and some Hoovers.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
My great aunt would just tell you to get a Hoover (and they are good, I'm just not familiar enough with the brand to recommend a particular model). So for the price & power, I'm with Beekindpleez, you can't beat a simple ShopVac (get one with a narrow hose though, the wide hose is kinda awkward). I just don't know how easy it would be to use as a carpet sweeper, I've always used mine for basement/yard/garage stuff only.

The best household vac I've ever used is the Big Vac from the Clean Team catalog. It's a cannister vac with a regular head for hard floors and area rugs plus a turbo head for carpeting. The turbo head can be easily taken apart which is great because I have long hair which always gets wrapped around the bar. And it's good at getting up sticky pet fur. You can also order replacement parts, including the turbo head, without having to get a whole new vac (I've not had to do that though). And for cleaning long staircases or car interiors, try either a mini ShopVac or an Oreck handheld cannister vac (you can sling it around your back). Both have worked great for me.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Maybe Dirt Devil has improved their product over the years? All I know is that the one we have picks up tons of stuff (everything, hair, lint, dirt). LOL - It's almost embarrassing.

Cwcoop
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04-19-2008

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cwcoop a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, I wasn't going to post in here but you made me LOL.
I have a Kirby. It was a gift from my mom cause god knows I couldn't afford it. She bought one when she lived in Alaska. When she moved down here to the lower 48, I told her to downsize - big time. I laughed when she said she was shipping her vacuum. I told her to buy a new one. LOL. I did not understand her attachment to her vacuum. Then, when she told me what they cost, I am glad I was sitting. Long story longer, when our 2nd vacuum crashed, we had to borrow mom's and DH was literally singing while doing his chores. I swear, he wouldn't shut up about it. Mom got us the Kirby last x-mas. To this day, I have not touched the damn thing. DH considers it his property and if we were to ever split, he would give me the car as long as he could keep the Kirby.
Anyway, I told my friend about DH's best x-mas EVER last year, and she asked me what the hell can a kirby do that hers can't. We laughed so hard. I told her frankly, I did not know.
Your expertise is comforting to me now. THough I still think it is obscene to spend that kind of money on a vacuum, we have W2W carpeting, so it is a wonderful helper to DH. On the other hand, I would have started saving years ago if I knew I would never have to touch a vacuum cleaner again. LOL.
Good luck with your hunt Tisha. You got some great advice in this thread.
I TVCH

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
CW, I've got a Kirby but it doesn't entice my DH at all, dammit. You lucky girl! LOL They are great but expensive but at least you know you'll never have to buy another one. They last forever. I had people trade up from their old Kirbys that still worked great that were 30/40 years old. The never models are easier to use since they are self propelled and the old ones weren't. Kirbys do get passed down through families.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 5:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
That should be "newer" not "never".

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 5:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
My experience with a Bissell upright is same as Wardog's. There is a Bissell in the condo we rent each year, and it sucks like the dickens, great vacuum power. BUT, every year when we arrive here, the vacuum is either broken or clogged, so whoever has been using it thinks they have been vacuuming, but they really haven't. Bigdog fixes or unclogs the vacuum first thing after we arrive, and then we vacuum like crazy. I have just asked the condo owners to consider replacing it, and I have asked to have the carpets professionally cleaned.

We have a self-propelled Hoover Wind Tunnel upright upright at home, that is just great. We paid $300 for it in 2000. I think I recently saw a self-propelled Hoover Wind Tunnel at Costco for $200, and I was surprised to see the big price drop.

Oh, and I bought a Hoover Wind Tunnel canister at a garage sale for $5. It was clogged, and Bigdog got it unclogged. It works very well also.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
i know what you mean about the Kirby. We bought a Riccar canister vacuum 6 years ago. The thing still SUCKS like you wouldn't believe! My husband says it was the best $700 he ever spent. He did a ton of research and it was down to this and the Miele. I have to say, it gets up my long hair and the MaineCoon's long hair like a dream!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 8:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Oh, and I also have a Miele canister. I think I might have a slight vacuum cleaner fetish ...

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Help! I think my fridge freezer is on the fritz! I rang the rental agency we rent from about 2.30 (it's now 3pm) and they said they'll get someone to call me and arrange a time. Is it unreasonable to expect someone to come around to look at it today? I mean it's a freezer - by tomorrow my food will be all melted.

Cwcoop
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04-19-2008

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 4:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cwcoop a private message Print Post    
Kitt, I don't know if I am in time, but do you have a big cooler - like you take to a picnic?
Fill it with bags of ice and transfer your goods to that.
OR - if you live in the Chicago area, you can just put your stuff in a box, and leave it outside. It will be that cold here. LOL.
Good luck.

and LOL at Juju. I suppose there are worse things to havea fetish about.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Well I'm actually in luck for the moment, it started clicking sometime before lunchtime, which was when I first noticed it, and the cooling fans or whatever it is (the part that makes the noise) didn't come on for ages. Then a little while ago it came on and the clicks stopped. So right now my stuff is still cold, or rather cold again, but I don't know if next time the thermostat triggers, whether it will come on or not. If he doesn't come today maybe if I get some ice and pack the gaps in the freezer with it, that will help. A cooler would be too small for what we have.

And no word yet from either the agency or a fridge-guy :-(.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 6:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
It's completely kapput. I had to ring the agency again and she'd "forgotten" to call anyone. "Sorry" she says, in her chirpy voice. So now the guy isn't coming until tomorrow morning, so who knows when the freezer will work.

Very luckily I cleaned out and turned on a very old one we had in the garage, and it seems to be working. And everything fits in there.

Next time maybe I should "forget" to pay the rent.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Glad you saved the food, Kitt.

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
Kitt, smart on your part to move food. When you are calm and food is fine and all is fixed, please call and talk to the chirpy girl and explain how much money that food would cost to replace and what it would mean to you. You might make a difference to the next person. If her boss does not train her, someone should.