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When I moved into my tiny first house in Portland, I had a wonderful neighbor. She was about 89 at the time. She was an old-world Italian lady. In the summer, she moved down to the basement and did her canning and sauce cooking down there in a complete kitchen she had set up.


Fast forward to 7 years later to just after Filomena's death. I knew she had had a Hoover gold Hoover Anniversary Convertible that she used all the time. She also had a NEVER USED Kirby (I think it was a 509) with all the attachments, stashed in her basement closet. She showed it to me one day and complained that her husband had proudly brought it home and presented it to her. She hated it.


When her daughter had an estate sale, the Kirby was nowhere in sight. I didn't have the nerve to ask about it, figuring the family had decided to keep it. The next (and last) day - Sunday - I saw a man come down the driveway (it took him two trips) with the Kirby and all the attachments. He said the family had saved the "good stuff" for Sunday. I was just sick! The Anniversary Hoover was so beat up that I would have never considered it, but that Kirby was gorgeous.


I still often wonder if that man has that beautiful Kirby.


Sigh...


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