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    SODA WATER BISCUITS

    they look delicious so that I would like to make them. But how do I substitute the flour baking mix? Or else: What kind of mixture is it (so I can find a similar one)? Thanks Joe
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    Euro Lux model list (Lux France)

    Attention Lux owners in the EU, Lux France features an online shop even for archived products (at least for parts and accessories). Unfortunately, they will only deliver to France and its associated regions. All other owners are asked to inquire at their respective local dependencies (and those...
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    what vacuum cleaner is this?

    most probably a "Tornado" A French brand that was sort of redoing the Vorwerks back then.
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    Making a new web page

    highly entertaining! Doug, that website gave me some new insights about things that were never clear to me. E.g. I did not know that Vactric is a Scottish company. Especially the last polisher looks very interesting. What about that small pushbutton up on the handle? Are you going to add some...
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    What model is this vorwerk?VK115 maybe?

    PS: Look at this Tommy in Milano has the 111 (with a 114 paper filter bag) http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?492
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    What model is this vorwerk?VK115 maybe?

    It is a VK 111 I am positive about this because my grandmother had this one. VK 53 (one model before) is basically the same, but it has a green badge and a detachable suction port with a screw. Going to model VK 111 they did away with direct access to the blower fan, so VK 111 had a fixed...
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    1974 Hoover Junior Dirtsearcher 1354A

    Guess WHAT! ;-))) Just 10 mins ago I shot the very same one here in a thrift shop for 10 €. It is even in a slightly better condition than this one, just the vinyl cable threaders have come off the handle rod. Perhaps a new belt and that missing threaded nut for the handle/sviwel neck...
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    vac bots? mowbots? try hubots!

    I have just come across this Swedish TV series: REAL HUMANS - ÄKTA MÄNNISKOR (ECHTE MENSCHEN) An industry has found a way to offer humanoid household robots to the public (Very much like a Chinese firm is manufacturing nursebots for the elderly and some petbots to make us humans regain our...
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    old vacuum cleaner electrostar

    no chance It is an "Electrostar" aka "Starmix" made vacuum cleaner. Many of those keep popping up on Ebay and other platforms, very much like the "Siemens Rapid" stick vacuums. It apparently is not a collector's item, that is because there are too many of them. You should be lucky if you get...
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    Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners

    alright, here is one incident: I once told him not to pack the washer chockablock, 9 kg are not ok for a 6 kg machine, there needs to be some room for tumbling. Moreover: As spinning did not occur due to severe unbalance, he cannot put a dripping wet load into the dryer, that will not work, not...
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    Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners

    Impressive! Impressive how many of us here seem to have a serious OCD or at least: How many seem to show the apparent symptoms, yet feeling ok. Must I be considered sick for not having a spic-&-span living room that seems so devoid of any living soul as can be seen in the pictures? Frankly no...
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    Most expensive Kirby ever!

    pulling our legs... Isn't there a troll vac around? I'd pay till the end of my life for a sucker-sucker.... Quote:"...Pretty good deal! Shipping is reasonable too!" My a.... ACH so wonderfully darkened places...
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    Donating to the museum?

    Thank you, it is 68239. J.
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    Donating to the museum?

    Me please! It would perfectly fit my Volta canister (Volta/Elektrohelios/Lux/Trident derivate). It is pictured in the manual, so what better match could that be. From Australia? This would be a hell of shipping fees, right? Can you please let me know the price including P&P? Thank you so much. Joe
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    Removing rust

    aluminum foil and cola Have had the very same rust developing on motorbike parts uncovered for winter or those that were stored in moist basements. Use some kitchen aluminum foil as a rag and a good dash of coke (any brand) to rub the small spots off and away. It works fine as long as it is...
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    What's Your Favorite Bagless Vacuum?

    My Dirt Devil Room Mate. Clearly one of the best "small" cleaners ever. Its modest cloth filter keeps hoovering until the dust compartment is really chockablock - unlike all those dreadful "pleated filter cartridge" wannabe cyclons... For vintage cloth filter machines, I'd take the Siemens...
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    help needed with a bosch bs 33

    The Bosch Delta canisters Hey Edgar, congratulations to this rare specimen. They were called the "Delta cleaners", some design prototype going into production more or less right away (or at least after some quick spiffing up of details). They are rare, we had them around for just a few years...
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    Does anyone else ever get really depressed about their collections?

    not depressive, rather annoyed at times I remember having trashed a 2 garages full collection of purely Vorwerk machines. I got so annoyed that "they" (the Vorwerks) started eating up more and more of my time and space (the firm kept on developing more and more of those tiny detail changes...
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    An old Kirby rumor confirmed

    Some time ago I heard that there must have been some kind of Flow-Bee hair clipper for the Kirby. Look what I have found: Yay! (and it even has the original user's booklet)
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    kirby foot switches, cords, hoses, etc

    Legend 2 cord maroon I'd take a maroon cord (not candy apple like Classic 3, not burgundy like G5) BUT: Must have a Euro plug (2 round prongs, molded ground clamp contour), it is intended for my 220 V model. (Shaped as for DE, northern FR, BE apart from those 3-prong areas, CH apart from...
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