eurekastar
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I came across this while looking for information on the Hoover Constellation. Apparently, this was the Soviet version of the Constellation. From what I could glean from the photo's caption, it was called the Saturn.
A Soviet Version of the Constellation
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cb123
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WOW..WOW and a DOUBLE WOW!!! That's absolutely fantastic!!! They should have called it the Sputnik.
super-sweeper
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That's not a bad idea, but the vacuum does have rings circulating it! Maybe you'll get lucky and and have one crash-land in your backyard!
eurekastar
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I've been to Russia a few times, but that was before I started collecting vacuums. If I ever go again, I'll be on the lookout for one of these!
DesertTortoise
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Very cool. I have often wondered what the old Warsaw Pact used to vacuum their homes with, or if they even had vacuums. Bet they were confined to the elite nomenklatura and not widely available to the proletariate.
I'm sure the motor turned the opposite direction of a Hoover motor.
The Soviets were funny that way. Where all the rest of the world has the "right hand rule" in physics, the Soviets had an equivalent "left hand rule", and where all western helicopters (except the French!) main rotors turn counter clockwise when viewed from the top, Soviet helicopter main rotors all turned clockwise. They were resolutely perverse that way.
I'm sure the motor turned the opposite direction of a Hoover motor.
The Soviets were funny that way. Where all the rest of the world has the "right hand rule" in physics, the Soviets had an equivalent "left hand rule", and where all western helicopters (except the French!) main rotors turn counter clockwise when viewed from the top, Soviet helicopter main rotors all turned clockwise. They were resolutely perverse that way.
cb123
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Alex, if it crash lands into my backyard, it will not be put up for sale nor shall I send it back to Mother Russia...IT IS MINE...MINE...MINE I TELL YOU...ITS SECRETS ARE ALL MINE!
Comrade eurekaster, may I be so bold to ask you, what was your business at the Kremlin, within its walled citadel...selling KIRBY secrets!
Of course, I'm just kidding, but really, what was your business there?
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Comrade eurekaster, may I be so bold to ask you, what was your business at the Kremlin, within its walled citadel...selling KIRBY secrets!
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vacbear58
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Russian Cleaners
Have been discussed here before, see the link below
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?19557
Have been discussed here before, see the link below
http://www.vacuumland.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?19557
eurekastar
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@ Calum
I've been to Russia a handful of times on mission trips for my church.
I've been to Russia a handful of times on mission trips for my church.
super-sweeper
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If you find one in your yard, approach with caution! Some models have hazardous dust cannons installed! Be sure to use your Geiger-Counter, too! Maybe Mark will let you borrow one of his asbestos suits! I wonder if the reel-to-reel tapes it contains has better picture quality than my infamous ultra-grainy digital camera!
marks_here
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I'm still trying to figure out how to get the stench out from the last person who borrowed it... & I don't think fire will clean it .. Hahaha
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I'm still trying to figure out how to get the stench out from the last person who borrowed it... & I don't think fire will clean it .. Hahaha
super-sweeper
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Fill the suit with water and tide (is the suit waterproof?), You can use your choice of detergent if you wish. Slosh the water and detergent around until the water turns grey, repeat if needed. With fresh water and detergent, lightly scrub the interior and exterior of the suit with a soft brush. Let the water out of the leg and rinse! Same thing with wetsuits, except without detergent, it could damage the suit!
marks_here
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Oh thanks..I was beside myself not knowing what to do
cb123
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eurekastar, I really didn't think you were selling off Kirby secrets, but now that sounds like a far more interesting mission trip. It is rewarding to play some small part of something which is far greater than ourselves!
Alex, I just had a most marvelous thought! You can use your ultrahigh grainy digital camera to fake a Bigfoot sighting in some shadowy, secluded trailer park "off the beaten path," hidden deep more or less in some dark and foreboding, No...make that menacing stand of woods. Shhhh.....Be quiet and listen. Could it be...Is that the sound of trailer people I hear screaming? .........Lights....Camera....Action!
Alex, I just had a most marvelous thought! You can use your ultrahigh grainy digital camera to fake a Bigfoot sighting in some shadowy, secluded trailer park "off the beaten path," hidden deep more or less in some dark and foreboding, No...make that menacing stand of woods. Shhhh.....Be quiet and listen. Could it be...Is that the sound of trailer people I hear screaming? .........Lights....Camera....Action!
super-sweeper
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Charles's ' Invasion of the mutant vacuum cleaners' just might make it to a drive-in near you!
cb123
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Alex
Maybe for a B drive-in...the plot is to thin. Needs a stronger protagonist and a major rewrite! We need to be able to feel, to care about the characters. We don't need the audience to hurry up and hope the hero dies, just so they can hurry up and leave the theater in relief! We want them to stay and be entertained, don't we?
Maybe for a B drive-in...the plot is to thin. Needs a stronger protagonist and a major rewrite! We need to be able to feel, to care about the characters. We don't need the audience to hurry up and hope the hero dies, just so they can hurry up and leave the theater in relief! We want them to stay and be entertained, don't we?
eurekastar
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@ Calum
You don't need character and plot development when there are big explosions!
You don't need character and plot development when there are big explosions!
super-sweeper
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As long as the explosives budget doesn't cut into the Kirby budget, go right ahead!
cb123
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Ahhhhh, John Wayne and a wagon load of nitro. The only thing which could make it any better is a hundred miles of bad road. Pure cinematic history...KABANG!
super-sweeper
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Orrrrr, We strap a Nuclear Rifle to the roof of a Edsel and make cinematic history ourselves! If we can't find bad road, We'll just make bad road! Just be sure to stock up on Rad-Away, Rad-X, and Hazmat suits!
