Vacuum cleaner OS

Somewhere on teh intarwebs JohnO wrote:
> On Thursday, 24 January 2013 12:09:18 UTC+13, Gib Bogle wrote:
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> By odd coincidence we've just inherited a 'Kirby' vacuum cleaner.
> This think looks like it is straight from the 1950's but is near new,
> and apparently retails for some horrendous price (i.e. >$1k ???)

Yeah, they're pretty expensive - especially if you take that finance option.

> Have not powered this thing up, but it weighs a ton so definitely not
> recommended for you, Shaun!

For sure. However I'm happy with my Nilfisk King for now - it costs enough
so I'm hoping to get quite a few more years use out of it.

> It looks like it could suck a golf ball through a garden hose though.

LOL, I knew a young lady like that once (long, long long ago).
--
/Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)

 

On Friday, 1 March 2013 18:57:55 UTC+13, ~misfit~ wrote:
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> > It looks like it could suck a golf ball through a garden hose though.
>
> LOL, I knew a young lady like that once (long, long long ago).

Probably the source of all your troubles! ;-D

 

Somewhere on teh intarwebs JohnO wrote:
> On Friday, 1 March 2013 18:57:55 UTC+13, ~misfit~ wrote:
> <snip>
>>> It looks like it could suck a golf ball through a garden hose
>>> though.
>>
>> LOL, I knew a young lady like that once (long, long long ago).
>
> Probably the source of all your troubles! ;-D

What's that? The 'long, long long ago' bit or knowing her in the first
place?
--
/Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)

 

On Sunday, 3 March 2013 21:22:12 UTC+13, ~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs JohnO wrote:
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> What's that? The 'long, long long ago' bit or knowing her in the first
> place?

The latter - even in the biblical dawn of time it's all blamed on some chick!