"GET IN MAH BELLAY!"
Posted on 05/17/2007 8:20:47 PM PDT by blam
But Nature ABHORS a vacuum!
How old is Ted Kennedy?
He still sucks!
Wow. That really sucks!
/stupid vacuum cleaner humor
I have a 10-year-old computer still going strong!
“Mr & Mrs Waller should qualify for (ahem) lots of carbon credits.”
Al Gore invented this vacuum cleaner.
I have an old memorex power strip keeping my computers running strong. I think the thing is at least 15 years old. It’s gone through 4 computers, 3 printers, and countless christmas lights too.
My parents had a toaster that lasted for ~45 years. One of those Sunbeam auto lowering and raising things.
My grandmother still uses her Electrolux vac from the 1950s. It’s a canister type that rolls along the floor. It’s looks like a little Buick. Actually that’s not quite true — it looks like a 1930’s Art Deco steam locomotive with the modernistic streamlined fairings, but with lots of 50s style chrome trim pieces. Anyway, it’s a nifty looking thing. And all metal, no plastic.
That’s nothing. Cheryl Crow has a square of TP that’s lasted for two weeks!
I’ve been using the same clipboard at my job for 21 years.
I have a Kitchen Aid mixer that is 30 years old. And a 58-year-old husband, although the mixer is in better shape.
"GET IN MAH BELLAY!"
A refrigerator that once belonged to my grandparents (one died in ‘52, the other in ‘54) is still running.
We’ve got a 1964 General Motors refrigerator, that’s still going strong.
lol. I have a book that’s from 1913, and I went to go sell it. It’s in perfect condidion except for the spine, and so they would’ve give me like .25 cents for it. Without the spine difference it runs 3-400 dollars. It’s oh so sad!
We are addicted to the feeling of buying something new, no matter how cheap and stupid the product.
Instead of buying something solid, people tend to buy plastic-frame vacuums every 3 years... with nylon impellers, flimsy attachments, and awkward bagging systems.
Investing in quality isn’t even possible sometimes - they just don’t sell it in stores.
The up-side is that cheap does the job, usually. We just don’t need the extra “edge” of expensive products. It’s not worth it.
With the proper hydraulic system, it could be real popular in Los Angeles.
I'm still using a 53 year old Frigidaire refrigerator. I did replace the door gasket about 20 years ago.
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