kirbyvertibles
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Well a hoarder is when you have 200 in boxes not seen in moths or even years lol Hi my name is Phill and i'm a hoarder lol. Let's have a huge mini meet and everyone take a box home.
Daily Mail: Weird world of the men obsessed with vacuum cleaners
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vintagerepairer
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Hoarding
Is when one cannot let go of anything, for all sorts of psychological reasons, with no signs of restoration or display or use of the things ever taking place. A collector tends to focus on only one or a small number of items and does spend time working on their project.
Is when one cannot let go of anything, for all sorts of psychological reasons, with no signs of restoration or display or use of the things ever taking place. A collector tends to focus on only one or a small number of items and does spend time working on their project.
ultraperformer
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Just watched the program, Immediately didn't like the fact it was turned into a competition, but I really should of gathered that from the title before I even watched it!
Scotts mum was so sweet! Very impressive collections all three of you!
Gareth maybe you should treat your wife to a hoilday!
Scotts mum was so sweet! Very impressive collections all three of you!
Gareth maybe you should treat your wife to a hoilday!
turbo500
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Is when one cannot let go of anything
Spot on, Benny.
An old friends Mum was a compulsive hoarder. She would keep cut-outs from magazines, old TV guides, empty butter tubs, old clothes and shoes (even if she couldn't find the one of the shoes).
The family unfortunately had a house fire a lot of years ago and everything was lost. Ever since, she couldn't throw ANYTHING away. She had a whole bunch of old vacuums as well, actually, but they never got used as there wasn't any floorspace to vacuum.
Spot on, Benny.
An old friends Mum was a compulsive hoarder. She would keep cut-outs from magazines, old TV guides, empty butter tubs, old clothes and shoes (even if she couldn't find the one of the shoes).
The family unfortunately had a house fire a lot of years ago and everything was lost. Ever since, she couldn't throw ANYTHING away. She had a whole bunch of old vacuums as well, actually, but they never got used as there wasn't any floorspace to vacuum.
vintagerepairer
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Turbo500, it is a strange one is that, the fire, because people can go one of three main ways with fires, burglaries, floods, and so on & so forth; either they deal with it & move on, or else become obsessive hoarders, or go the other way into a state of remarkable liberation, realising that all which matters was life & that what was lost was only 'things'. I know a hoarder or too. If the hoarding was the only problem, things might be alright. But it usually isn't. It's whatever else comes with it too that makes it all so much worse. The constant need to acquire and hoard and yet dispense with the most precious thing of all in the process -one's own lifestyle and freedom to do as we please- is heart breaking. I don't think I will ever understand it.
sebo_fan
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Is there any where online this is available to watch>?
gsheen
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Ultra Performer
Hehe ya as I said they take things out of context, The reason we haven't been on holiday is we have been building a business( my wife actually said this but they edited it out ) that has taken allot of our time and Money. If you have ever started a business from scratch you will know what I mean. There is no breaks or weekends off you work all the time. This year will be the first time we will have a break soon.
Hehe ya as I said they take things out of context, The reason we haven't been on holiday is we have been building a business( my wife actually said this but they edited it out ) that has taken allot of our time and Money. If you have ever started a business from scratch you will know what I mean. There is no breaks or weekends off you work all the time. This year will be the first time we will have a break soon.
thekirbylover
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gsheen
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This is what I was saying further up. They made us out to be complete freaks who were totally obsessed by vacuums our lives consumed by them. That is simply not True. I am a Happily Married man with two wonderful litle monsters( they take after their dad) I love to go for long drives with my family, I love pets I have allot, I am a avid gardener and grow my own vegetables, I Love woodwork and build allot of our furniture myself. I am an engineer who loves solving design faults.
But if you look at this I am a vacuum loving idiot who puts vacuums ahead of everything else in my life.
The day they came and did the first filming I realized this had little o do with them telling our story as much as it had to do with them creating drama and making Ratings. I actually called them that night and said I didn't want to do it any more as I didt like the way they portrayed it. Joanne talked me into it again saying that it was a once in a life time opportunity, That said she was pretty furious when she saw the film and how they had edited what she had said.
But if you look at this I am a vacuum loving idiot who puts vacuums ahead of everything else in my life.
The day they came and did the first filming I realized this had little o do with them telling our story as much as it had to do with them creating drama and making Ratings. I actually called them that night and said I didn't want to do it any more as I didt like the way they portrayed it. Joanne talked me into it again saying that it was a once in a life time opportunity, That said she was pretty furious when she saw the film and how they had edited what she had said.
nycwriter
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Meh.
It's the Daily Mail.
Who the hell cares. You're all better than that.
Move on.
It's the Daily Mail.
Who the hell cares. You're all better than that.
Move on.
dysonman1
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I'm sorry you guys suffered that experience. When I'm filmed here at the Vacuum Cleaner Museum, they can't take things out of context. My collection is displayed to the public, and they are used for the engineers to learn and create even better vacuums. All the documentaries that have been filmed here have turned out beautiful. Perhaps because the machines are on display and are not in my home changes the perspective.
beerad
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This is exactly why
I stayed away from these people.
I stayed away from these people.
sebo_fan
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Personally I wouldn't have taken part either. There's one thing being a member of a forum and another to state or show off your collection nationally. I was at two minds whether to do the video test of that Hotpoint washing machine I took part in, never mind show off my vacuums.
You can only give some people benefit of the doubt, but when it comes to media, there's very little doubt that a lot of them will present you properly.
You can only give some people benefit of the doubt, but when it comes to media, there's very little doubt that a lot of them will present you properly.
