I pulled into the back lot. Three vehicles, two cars and an F250
plastered with numerous dubya decals. Things were not starting off
well. I slunk into the side entrance and was greeted by a hound dog and
a nice smiling lady. "What can I do for you?" she asked. "I need one of
them old fashioned bare floor attachments with the horsehair ring. She
found one with the correct angle of attachment for my particular bit of
hose pipe. Only $16, a bargain for such a part. Can't beat Edison
Vacuum Supply on 8th Avenue South.

BTW, when did vacuums stop coming with these narrow wonders of wood
floor cleaning goodness? Now they come with these awful plastic heads
with little wheels that scratch up the floor and are like parallel
parking an Expedition. This vintage number, glides silently and gets
the grime all the way up to the baseboard.

I'm tellin ya, it's the great Swiffer conspiracy. Since those things
came out, all canister vacuums have come with crap hardwood capability.
You can't even buy horsehair attachments like this on the internets no
more. You gotta go to mysterious vacuum repair places with drawers of
them gleaming like some sort of pile of bizarre bearded mollusk shells.

In article <1162858438.530592.181770@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"maxo" gmail.com> wrote:

Boston Blackie wrote:

I know what you mean~! There was the other thread where they were
discussing how to apostrophe a possessive~! I couldn't believe my
eyes~! I was blinking and rubbing my eyes, but there it was and it
wouldn't leave~! Then it morphed into a comma discussion~! I thought I
had been drinking~! I never imagined I'd be reading such a discussion~!
I was hoping it was a bad dream, but there it was~!
Holy *COW*~! hahahahaha : ) Lala

maxo wrote:.

Which reminds me of a question I have pondered a few times: When one's
vacuum cleaner doesn't work properly, do we say that sucks or that
doesn't suck?

-KD

KD wrote:

You've been reading too much Kant or something. We say that it does not
suck. Inflection is everything. The situation of it not sucking blows.

maxo wrote:

You need to get you a Man Tool. No Real Man should be without a hulkin'
big-ass shop vac. These are the ultimate tool. They suck, they
blow...they're louder 'en hell! I got me one that'll suck the chrome
off....

jakdedert wrote:

maxo wrote:

*Oh!* for a vacuum that would actually pick up animal hair off floors
and upholstery--one that Really sucks! I go through about a vacuum a
year. I've learned not to buy expensive ones, because they last no
longer than cheap ones and work no better. I long for one that has no
rolly bar at all but just sucks up stuff. It's my long very coarse
hair (coarser'n a coonhound's, my husband says) that does them in,
wraps around the rolly bar and chokes them to death.

Faye

jakdedert wrote:

But won't suck Beagle hair off upholstery and Nothing will get animal
hair off the carpet in a vehicle.

Faye

Faye wrote:

Next time you visit the big city, stop by Edison and see what they got
for attachments. Bring your vacuum's hose pipe to make sure whatever
treasure they dig out of the bins can be reasonably be made to fit. If
it exists for a vacuum, those wierdos have it.