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| Thread ID: 86054 | 2008-01-01 23:14:00 | Vacume cleaners................ | beetle (243) | PC World Chat |
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| 626583 | 2008-01-02 09:10:00 | Do they teach English now?No - TXT. :groan: :groan: | johcar (6283) | ||
| 626584 | 2008-01-02 20:58:00 | Started vacuuming when I was about 8 years old. My job on Sunday morning. That was 67 years ago so I have learned a bit since then. 1) Avoid rotating heads - generally pretty useless. 2) Try and get an old fashioned cylinder shape vacuum. They have few turns and corners so more efficient. 3) Some things cannot be vacuumed - ie books - for them you need a good blower. At one time this was recognised and all vacuums had a blower end. The designers nowadays have probably never tried to clean a library of books with their own product. My advice is almost useless because it is impossible to use. So I have ended up with a Dyson - mainly because as a design engineer I was intrigued with the man himself and managed to buy one of the first Dysons in NZ. I also bought an Hitachi - because it was cheap and wonder of wonders had a blowing end. I have found though that it is one of the strangest devices known to man. Emptying it is always a challenge (No bag just a filter) and some of the detail design has me really puzzled and I just don't understand why it was done like that. In addition I found it had been carefully designed so that a large part of the blower air has been diverted so that it exits the thing at various places apart from the nozzle. Which make it almost useless. The old electrolux cylinder vacuum which was retired about 10 years ago is still running efficiently in another home that appreciates its worth. Despite the Dysons noise and failure of detail bits we like the thing - nice to be able to watch it picking up dust etc where none was expected. Tom |
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| 626585 | 2008-01-02 21:32:00 | Do they teach English now? The name is the same, only the words and the spelling (or lack of) has changed.:mad: |
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| 626586 | 2008-01-02 21:46:00 | Wire coat hanger. Straighten out. Leave a bit of a hook in the end. | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 626587 | 2008-01-02 22:00:00 | wow thank you people....... i poked a long peice of plastic something down it. and thats what i lost the end of, but in doing so i managed to be able to see the item originally stuck........... a chocolate foil wrapper from xmas.... scrunched up with other fluff and dust....... so got the tweezers out... and sat there for simply ages. picking bits out... i got the foil out, but have not gone and tested the machine.... it can wait, as its my dad birthday today... he is 78, so im off to spend some time with him ill let you know how i get on, and if all else fails ill try the hose....... well the peices that the dogs havnt eaten. there mite be one useful bit to help me.:p Thanks all beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 626588 | 2008-01-02 22:15:00 | wow thank you people....... I poked a long piece of plastic something down it,and thats what Ilost the end of, but in doing so I managed to be able to see the item that originally stuck........... a chocolate foil wrapper from xmas.... scrunched up with other fluff and dust....... so got the tweezers out... and sat there for simply ages. picking bits out... I got the foil out, but have not gone and tested the machine.... It can wait, as its my dad birthday today... he is 78, so I'm off to spend some time with him I'll let you know how I get on, and if all else fails I'll try the hose....... well the pieces that the dogs haven't eaten. there might be one useful bit to help me.:p Thanks all beetle Nice to know we have such quality teachers out there as our Beet. |
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