Suburban Fishing

Posted by Miss Cellania in Home & Garden on January 24, 2012 at 10:32 am

Remember this trick the next time you drop something out of a window and don’t want to walk all the way downstairs to retrieve it. It helps if your vacuum cleaner is lightweight. Link -via John Walkenbach

 
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Funny Commercial for Dirt Devil

Posted by John Farrier in Advertising, Business, Video Clips on March 28, 2011 at 5:04 pm


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Here’s a clever commercial for Dirt Devil brand vacuum cleaners by the ad agency The Raft. Apparently, it’ll clean more than just one type of rug.

Link via Copyranter

 
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Dog-Shaped Vacuum Cleaner

Posted by John Farrier in Gadgets, Hacks & Mods on November 21, 2010 at 7:37 pm

In 1973, Ann Margaret Zaleski patented a dog-shaped vacuum cleaner. Why? From the abstract:

A toy dog closely resembling a real dog and having a hollow interior in which is mounted a vacuum cleaner having a suction hose which is retractable from the tail end of the dog. This enables vacuuming a dog after a haircut and grooming without causing fear to the dog, inasmuch as the vacuum cleaner noise is greatly muffled by such an enclosure.

Link via Technabob | Image: USPO

 
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Vacuum Cleaner Museum

Posted by Alex in Travel on February 22, 2010 at 3:53 am

Some people collect stamps, but James Brown of Nottingham collects vacuum cleaners. In fact, "Mr. Vacuum Cleaner" has so many of them that he opened a museum:

He was eight, and desperate for a cleaner of his own, when he spotted a red Goblin 800 lying on a rubbish dump. "I took it home, wiped all the muck off it, plugged it in, and it worked," he sighs. "That was one of the most fantastic moments of my life."

By the time he reached his teens James already had 30 vacuum cleaners. One by one his other interests – sport, music, books – bit the dust. "I suppose you could say that vacuum cleaners took over my life," he says.

"I loved the look, the feel, the sound of them. You can’t really explain it to people who don’t have the same enthusiasm. It’s like some people love vintage cars or clocks. For me it was vacuum cleaners."

One of his party turns is to put on a blindfold and identify the host’s vacuum cleaner by its engine note.

Link (Photo: John Robertson)

 
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Backpack Vacuum Cleaner

Posted by Alex in Gadgets, Hacks & Mods, Home & Garden on June 23, 2009 at 12:58 pm

I’ve heard of their existence for years, but I’ve never seen one quite like this: behold the backpack vacuum cleaner that you wear.

Seems like it’s a better idea than dragging a heavy upright model around the house, right?

GeekAlerts has the details: Link

 
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