I have one!
My great-grandparents had a Kirby 562 that they well-cared for. My great-grandmother would always let me drag it out and play with it when I went to their house as a kid. She passed away, and my great-grandfather moved into a facility when I was 8 years old. When my grandpa and his siblings cleaned out the house, they knew who they would give the Kirby to! And I inherited that Kirby I so loved.
We used it as our family vacuum cleaner all the way up until I left for college, and it came to college with me. Vacuumed my dorm room (and many others, as everyone wanted to borrow it) all four years of college.
I've since rebuilt it, and its part of my collection now. It's my first Kirby and will always be my favorite!
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