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Thanks for the reminder... ...of why I haven't logged in to VL in a while and hardly post here anymore.

Would you consider selling it? If you have the rest(or most) of the attachments, I may be interested in buying it if you want to get rid of it. I have been eyeing these Filtex machines since reading an archived thread about them. How is the performance on them, Hans? I know the attachments are...

I have a few old TVs and radios... Regarding lethality of vintage electronics, HV in a TV set is painful but has almost no current and thus is not even close to lethal. I even proved that myself one day when I forgot to connect the ground clip on my high voltage probe to the chassis. People...

My endorsement would be for the Eureka/Sanitaire Mighty Mite. Yes, they are loud, but they are powerful, cheap, and reliable too.

Washer/Dryer Maybe you could ask all those collectors that have 50 washers who hate Norges if they want to unload a machine they cannot stand. Remind them they'd be selling it to someone who would really appreciate them.

The solution for your neighbor... is a shot of Round-Up when they are at work. Just watch those plants drop dead!

That poor TV... They ruined it putting that SPC(TV collector term meaning SilverPlasticCrap) set inside it. The original Zenith equipment would have handily outperformed whatever they put in it. I think that set was more from the mid 1960s than the 1950s and while I know I'm taking a stab in...

Portable Spencer... Hans, you always find the most interesting things and post the most fascinating comments.

I currently have a 1964 RCA rectangular screen color set with the CTC-17 chassis.

Blasted! Three days later and I notice that I spelled British wrong on the "subject drift" line. Sorry!

Brithish Patent Office, Good luck with that! I just spent the better part of an hour and the closest thing to being able to look up the patent was finding one with the same number that corresponded to a design of a corrugated cardboard box for transporting fragile items like vacuum tubes...

I'll take it! I'm presuming that you forgot the decimal point though.

On my 1205... I just put it in the middle. Considering that it is an Electrolux you have nothing to worry about with regard to motor strain. Set it to the middle and adjust from their. For example if you have dogs and the bag fills up too much with hair before tripping the door just lower the...

Windtunnel SP Discontinued, I'm sure not. With Hoover's usual pattern I'm sure that as soon as the SP is sold out they will be marketing it as a boon to commercial vacuums. (sarcasm) Although, with the standard (nonSP) windtunnel now in the commercial line I am surprised that they can hold up...

How stupid could I be, I accidentally chose the picture of a avocado WE 500 instead of aqua! It's late and I'm tired. Again, sorry for the inconvenience.

I love it, but a suggestion The Stromburg-Carlson telephone is not exactly period. Might I suggest a Western Electric 500 in aqua. Also, since the Bell System was the default telco for most of the US, using a phone as used by independent telcos is not a representation of the '60s that was...

The ad for today, the Hoover Model 28, had the most striking statement, "An appliance without honest service behind it is like a cup without a saucer". Think of it, when is the last time you saw someone use a saucer with a coffee cup or a modern coffee cup set with saucers? Then think of the...

Health Effects of Dust... I generally take Andy's stance on dust building the immune system but I have a personal story that may portray otherwise. When I was around six years old my mother's Fantom Fury died and she replaced it with a Bissell, and as we all know Bissell's cyclone is certainly...

Grasshopper stew anyone? I thought not, but Jim Kirby's Grasshopper came out in 1912, pre-dating the Vacuette.

Do you have a link to that auction? I've gotta see that!