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Well this ended up being a funny story. I had intended to grab that hand vac on the way to work, but the next morning it was gone along with all the other stuff they’re me set out. I was a bit disappointed but kind of forgot about it. So tonight, I went for my evening walk and the hand vac...

Yes my grandma had one catch on fire once. If you use it often you really need to remove the intake assembly from the main fan/motor housing and clean inside the fan and motor regularly. I think that’s why they would burn up, a lot of people didn’t do that. But I think on the bottom assembly it...

My neighbor down the street that threw away that 16 gallon Craftsman a few weeks ago, which I picked up, I noticed had put some more stuff at the curb. One was a Dirt Devil hand vac. If it’s still there on my way to work in the morning (which I imagine it will be), I’ll probably grab it. I...

I remember those older green Intuitjons with the dual brushroll motors, I’ve yet to come across one while thrifting, nor have I come across the newer Shark like version. I did see a silver Elite upright at Goodwill recently, I was tempted but I got an Elitw canister that was there instead. I...

The “saga of the crock pot” now continues… I didn’t have much success on finding a replacement for this cracked pot over the last year. I had purchased a replacement for the missing temp probe probably a year ago, but had tried to wait for a replacement crock to show up locally rather than buy...

I agree, they are the same. From what I remember hearing, the different colors and model number was done when Kenmore vacuums started being sold at other retailers than Sears, to prevent people trying to return them or get warranty repairs thru Sears. But that doesn’t explain why Amazon one’s...

Wow! I’ve never seen an all black one! I have the maroon and white one, it’s from 1995.

That is a nice lamp! I can’t say I’ve seen one like that before.

Some photos, doesn’t look like it was used much if at all. Just a bit dusty.

Sometimes I find Kenmore HEPA cloth bags in the style Q or O for my uprights or canisters. I usually buy them for $1-3 even if not a full pack. Wayyyy cheaper than getting them online. I’d been wanting to find some Hoover ones for my Windtunnel uprights, and yesterday I lucked out and found a...

Today at the thrift store I saw a Black and Decker waffle iron that has the reversible grids that flip over to a flat griddle. This, like the Classic Iron, is another design that Black and Decker got when they bought GE’s small appliance line in the mid 1980s, and still produces. I already...

Neat! I’ve seen some similar ones at tag sales, I saw an older looking one at a thrift store this week, it was all black and chrome with a black and white fabric cord. The color scheme on that one is quite nice though.

Since I did a thread on floor lamps before, figured I’d do one on table lamps. I have acquired a few from thrift shops and sales. I have a banker’s lamp in brass with green glass shade and pull chain switch. Has a GE 40 watt bulb still in it that I bought it with at thrift store. I like the...

Nice! Interesting you found that at a Goodwill, mine never has anything older than a Hoover Elite.

Do you go to these kinds of sales and have any luck with them? When are they usually held/when do you tend to go? I tend to go to the estate sales pretty frequently, mostly just to look at the houses. I try not to buy much and usually I don’t find much to buy anyway that I want. Around here...

My uncle used to have a 1995 LeSabre that was Hunter green with tan cloth. I always liked that color scheme. He seemed to keep it for quite a long time (for him anyway) and eventually they got a silver circa 2002 model LeSabre with gray leather. That one unfortunately didn’t last long as they...

colored pencils in the sharpener I don’t remember that being an issue but I seem to recall some sticking CRAYONS in it and really making a mess. Of course I always wanted one of those extra large 64 packs of Crayola crayons with the built in plastic sharpener, that in reality didn’t seem to...

I got this at Habitat week before last. Passed it up the first time then decided to go back for it. To me it’s comically large, seems like it would be for some place where it gets used all day! The base plate is cast metal and it claims a “fan cooled motor”. It’s definitely the largest...

Per the requests… some photos Needs some cleanup, looks like it should clean up well. It definitely needs a new filter. From what I gather, Amazon seems to be a good place to find filters for the older Craftsman. I saw one on there that claims to fit post 1988 Craftsman machines and is even...

Last night on my walk I saw one of my neighbors had set a Craftsman wet/dry vac on the curb. It was getting dark so I figured if it was still there in the morning I’d take a closer look and possibly grab it. It was, and I did. Looks to be in good shape, I couldn’t find a date on it, but I’d...