caligula
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So I hit the wrong key, I'm 66 years old, the eyes are not so good any more.
Aging and our Vacuum Collections
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I was reading the "Film Tech" forum earlier---Some members on there have the same concern for their film equipment and film collections as vacuum guys have for theirs.Will the equipment go to someone who can appreciate it and use it-or go to the dump?These collections are growing among the film guys as theater go digital-and like vacuums here and appliances on the other site film guys get attached to thir projectors they use to use and other equipment.They don't want them scrapped when the film equipment is replaced with digital.so they thru the cinema management-get the old film projectors and use them at home.Transmitters are just too big and require power and antennas to "use at home"The projector would be more appealing to me as well.There is a member on there that is 90 yrs old and he wants his collection to go to someone who would use it rather than scrap it.Projectors are large and heavy-often need three phase power to run and space.
caligula
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I can't speak for others here, but.
The machines in my collection represent the people I knew as a kid. It's no secret that I had to know what vacuum cleaner each of my friends mothers used. I filed each away in my memory and as an adult, had to acquire that model. Actually the only machines I have that don't fit into this catagory are the non electric pumpers. The latter are all set to go after I'm gone, and I have a buyer for the others.
What I hope lives on is the history I shared here at Vacuumland and over at the V.C.C.C.. Mine is the gift of knowledge, who invented what, and the history of a given company. And that's really what these clubs are all about isn't it?
Alex Taber.
The machines in my collection represent the people I knew as a kid. It's no secret that I had to know what vacuum cleaner each of my friends mothers used. I filed each away in my memory and as an adult, had to acquire that model. Actually the only machines I have that don't fit into this catagory are the non electric pumpers. The latter are all set to go after I'm gone, and I have a buyer for the others.
What I hope lives on is the history I shared here at Vacuumland and over at the V.C.C.C.. Mine is the gift of knowledge, who invented what, and the history of a given company. And that's really what these clubs are all about isn't it?
Alex Taber.
Exactly
Ditto.
Ditto.
Well
After completing restoration of my Universal e720, I get reactions from indifference, to folks saying that's the most stupid waste of time they've ever seen, to folks glancing and saying something like "neat" to humor me. And, to be honest, I did it for me, not the rest of the world. What's more annoying is folks that horde parts to machines that they don't own, while refusing to sell them to folks interested in restoring a machine they do own. So, the machines go to the dump, and a potentially new enthusiast moves on to something else.
After completing restoration of my Universal e720, I get reactions from indifference, to folks saying that's the most stupid waste of time they've ever seen, to folks glancing and saying something like "neat" to humor me. And, to be honest, I did it for me, not the rest of the world. What's more annoying is folks that horde parts to machines that they don't own, while refusing to sell them to folks interested in restoring a machine they do own. So, the machines go to the dump, and a potentially new enthusiast moves on to something else.
bikerray
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I figure when I go I won't really care where my stuff goes since I'm dead, but I am thinking I want to be cremated and either scatter my ashes out at the woods or do I want them scattered on a carpet to see if one of my vacuums really does pick up everything.
crazykirbydude
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I'm 13, so I don't worry about a natural death anytime soon. However, there is the possibility of a car wreck or fatal accident. I would want to be cremated and scattered on the carpet and be sucked up by my Kirby Heritage II. I would give away my vacuums in the Supermarket section.
This sybject comes up often.
People have downright asked me for things... not JUST the cleaners, too.
Some of my things might be donated to the Hoover Museum, "The Hoover Historical Center"... part of Walsh University...... "Museum Studied Degree".
I've made very clear instructions as to "what to do with them"... I tell people that I haven't a notion of dying any time soon. That made some people smile, others. very sad, lol
Anybody have any of my stuff in mind? lolo I can just see my sister, niece or nephew listing things. Somebody saying, "Please contact me. I might be interested in this or that".
I, myself, don't even know all that's here. So much of the collection is packed up, stored everywhere, due to the construction/restoration/renovation here.
People have downright asked me for things... not JUST the cleaners, too.
Some of my things might be donated to the Hoover Museum, "The Hoover Historical Center"... part of Walsh University...... "Museum Studied Degree".
I've made very clear instructions as to "what to do with them"... I tell people that I haven't a notion of dying any time soon. That made some people smile, others. very sad, lol
Anybody have any of my stuff in mind? lolo I can just see my sister, niece or nephew listing things. Somebody saying, "Please contact me. I might be interested in this or that".
I, myself, don't even know all that's here. So much of the collection is packed up, stored everywhere, due to the construction/restoration/renovation here.
