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Trading stamps We had both S&H Green Stamps and Blue Chip Stamps. Blue was the larger of the two. Funny I remember mom having a bowl of water with a sponge soaked to use to moisten the back of a page of stamps to then paste into the book. Later they came out with a wider stamp to use for a...

Suds question Can people who have jet spas or similar take conventional baths with soap and shampoo? Are they for water massage only, because I would imagine the bubbles could get out of hand and beyond with a little too much lathering of soap on ones body. Is that a thing or what?

More to the story Emptying the dust bin in what ever method works for you is fine. All too often with bagless there's still the various filters that have to be removed so you can shake them out or tap them against the inside of your regular house trash bin outside or what ever and that can be...

Size overkill My friends just finished having a main bathroom completely remodeled, down to the 2x4's. They doubled the size of the shower and had the overhead sunburst shower head installed,over 100 water jets, and then a handheld sprayer on the wall. I house/pet sit for them when they are...

Bobby You'll probably have the cover off by now, but was going to ask if the lens for light is removable from the outside or if there were any screws by the exhaust port under handle. What a great find! Beautiful. I did have a Eureka that had both the screws and the two spring clips holding the...

Headlight lens Hi John, been a while. Did the #27-28 upright originally have a lens over the headlight bulb? Neither of mine have one and was curious. Thanks,Billy

Self clean? Since all ovens were considered "self cleaning" back then, meaning "clean yourself" I wonder what people used for the task. I don't think spray oven cleaners were on the shelves yet. Besides scraping what method do you think got the job done?

Wow what a nice gift! It exudes the quality from the era it was made. Showy too!

vacuser Aww she's a cutie and new bearings mean the world to a Kirby. Keep enjoying!

Got earplugs? As far as using one of these machines indoors, aren't they kind of loud? Just curious because I recently used a new Kenmore shop vac after steam cleaning my carpet to speed up the drying time, and it was pretty loud. Are these machines about as loud as a shop vac? I'm sure it...

Smoking Motor Have you made any progress with the smoking motor? If so can you share what the problem was and what you did to correct the situation? Thanks!

Thrift stores We have four thrift stores locally and I know one has a part time retired handyman who makes repairs to many appliances,especially vacuum cleaners. So hopefully not a lot of appliances get thrown out. I've never seen a metal Electrolux in a thrift store locally, just the usual...

Barry I've heard or read that those cleaning erasures like Mr. Clean makes work pretty good and are easy on the finish. Haven't tried myself but plenty others have!

The only vacuum cleaner that I bought new was a Hoover Decade 80 in 1985. For five years it was my only upright and was my daily driver. It still runs although a bit louder and with a little vibration you feel in the handle. Never had any work done in all these years. One headlight and many bags...

Carbon brushes You may be able to lessen the amount of sparking coming from the armature brushes if you can gain access to them. It sounds like your neighbor didn't really use it enough to use up the carbon brushes, they probably don't need replacing yet. Their holders or containers have a...