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I remember going to Cypress Gardens on a field trip around 1998, and to Sea World in ‘96. Never visited either again. I’d like to visit Sea World again and see Legoland someday. I’m generally not a big fan of Orlando and hate driving on I-4. Went up by myself to the Millenia Mall a few years...

Usually my Goodwill might have 2-3 vacuums at a time, if any. I went Friday and there was nothing. I decided to stop in Sunday afternoon, and suddenly there was a whole slew of them. I can say about 15. There were 3 bagless Hoover uprights, a newer blue bagged Self Propelked Windtunnel, a...

I haven’t been that way in a while, but last time I went to Orlando, I noticed the area around 27 and I-4 had built up a lot from a few years before. I was watching a show on PBS awhile ago and they had a program in about Florida attractions and that SE corner was at one time an attraction...

Are there any stores, restaurants or businesses in your area that are desolate or in the middle of nowhere seemingly? Here we have a few. I live about 8 miles away from the downtown area, and they built a Dollar General right on the highway near my neighborhood. There were no water hydrant...

I like the IntelliClean uprights a lot, I have the teal blue bagged one and the purple bagless. I like the bagged better, mostly for the purple one because it brings memories as my friend’s mom had one. Only thing I don’t like about the uprights is the attachments aren’t as good as the...

I was watching a video awhile back on YouTube of a Burger King from 1988. I thought it was interesting that the deep fryers they were using had automatic basket lifts on them. I haven’t noticed any fast food restaurants around here including McDonalds, Wendy’s or Burger King having basket lift...

I got this off of Marketplace yesterday. Seems to be in pretty good condition, nothing a good cleaning and scuff removing won’t fix for the most part. However, the adjustable wand will not stay up without that tape on it that the prior owner applied. I cannot seem to figure out what’s broken...

I didn’t end up doing anything about this other than clearing the drains, since I haven’t had any more problems with water leaks. Although while we’ve quite a lot of rain, it hasn’t been any big deluges either. The musty smell seems to have gone away, I don’t smell it anymore, even when first...

@ Declan Not a major metro area but not a tiny town either. @ Declan

Mogul bulb I have noticed there are a few LED versions of the mogul 3 way bulbs now for sale online.

I found a beautiful old floor lamp on the curb on Friday. I had the day off and was coming home from the gym, otherwise I may never have taken that route. It had the center mogul bulb and the 3 other sockets. I believe this one may also have a night light at the top of the pole as well from the...

Decent luck here and there I usually don’t find much in the way of vintage vacs, but I do frequently go to the estate sales, and have had some good finds over many sales the last few years. I go to pretty much every estate sale held in my county, and will even go into neighboring ones if I see...

I’ve never used Craigslist. I used to look on it from time to time. Facebook Marketplace seems to be where it’s at these days. I have bought from a local seller once, met up in a parking lot, and had a couple of sellers ship items from out of state as well and haven’t had any issues. For me...

3 in 1 should work, but you’ll need to use the version in the blue bottle, which is formulated for electric motors. It’s a not harder to find than the black bottle, but I’ve found it at Lowe’s.

Found one I got one this week from a thrift store. It’s a Staples 10 sheet cross cut model. Feels decently substantial, and I like the pull out bin to empty. It seems like it’s possibly missing the casters as there are holes underneath to put some, or possibly this model didn’t come with any...

That is a Kenmore, and the 72. In the model number would identify the manufacturer if anyone had access to those codes. My guess would be Kisco made it as they made lots of these hassock style fans and often had that perforated metal ring in various patterns. I would say probably 1940s, maybe...

I’m active on the Facebook groups, but still check in here from time to time.

Hoover does still make wands with those plastic clips, for the Portapower Commercial. But, it would be chrome and wouldn’t have the power nozzle clips on it.

Barry, had you been using the air conditioning in the car? If so you could have a plugged condensate drain. That’s a very common issue for the carpet to get wet with that when it can’t drain out. Trying looking under the car when you park with the air running and see if there’s water draining out.

During hurricane Idalia we got a lot of rain. That morning after as I left for work I found water in my cup holders and around the gear shift. The headliner was damp around the sunroof. Dried it all out and cleaned the sunroof drains by running weed racket like down them. Seemed to drain better...