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This morning I went to the annual yard sale of a retirement community.
I had a funny dream earlier this week that I found an orange Hoover Constellation with a gray hose. No, I'm not so obsessed with vacuums that I dream of them. Anyhow, I awoke early this morning to go to the sale, hoping to find something fun, maybe an old Kenmore or a Hoover. I looked around outside the building, not seeing much of interest. Then I went inside and wished I hadn't. The sale had begun about 20 minutes earlier and inside was packed with people and tons of round tables of items and little room to move.
Mostly seeing jewelry and crafts on the tables, I wished I had stayed outside. But in the corner I saw some housewares! I looked and saw a yellow bagless Kenmore canister for $15 (ala Kmart), and a blue Eureka canned ham. Someone was trying out a newer upright, and a lady is looking at the yellow Kenmore's attachments and asking someone if it has a beater brush, as she wanted to use it on carpets - I started to tell her it doesn't. Then under a table I see - a Hoover Constellation! I had to look twice. It was actually a Penncrest though, in white, but with a flamingo orange lower dome. I check the price - it's $5 and says it works, but it looks like it was left in a garage. I stoop to look at it but there's too many people moving around to bend over and check. Then I meandered around looking at other tables, but seeing nothing, I go back to get the Hoover. This time, I see it is actually $3, not bad! It seemed to weigh a ton! Finally I got back to the other side with it to pay.
I went to another yard sale and found a Portapower, but decided to leave it, they're common.
When I got home I opened the Hoover to find a fairly clean interior, but a bag completely stuffed with dog hair! I tried to save the bag, but it smelled bad, so I had to toss it. I think the vacuum weighs half of what it did since I removed the bag. LOL
I'll post pics later.
I had a funny dream earlier this week that I found an orange Hoover Constellation with a gray hose. No, I'm not so obsessed with vacuums that I dream of them. Anyhow, I awoke early this morning to go to the sale, hoping to find something fun, maybe an old Kenmore or a Hoover. I looked around outside the building, not seeing much of interest. Then I went inside and wished I hadn't. The sale had begun about 20 minutes earlier and inside was packed with people and tons of round tables of items and little room to move.
Mostly seeing jewelry and crafts on the tables, I wished I had stayed outside. But in the corner I saw some housewares! I looked and saw a yellow bagless Kenmore canister for $15 (ala Kmart), and a blue Eureka canned ham. Someone was trying out a newer upright, and a lady is looking at the yellow Kenmore's attachments and asking someone if it has a beater brush, as she wanted to use it on carpets - I started to tell her it doesn't. Then under a table I see - a Hoover Constellation! I had to look twice. It was actually a Penncrest though, in white, but with a flamingo orange lower dome. I check the price - it's $5 and says it works, but it looks like it was left in a garage. I stoop to look at it but there's too many people moving around to bend over and check. Then I meandered around looking at other tables, but seeing nothing, I go back to get the Hoover. This time, I see it is actually $3, not bad! It seemed to weigh a ton! Finally I got back to the other side with it to pay.
I went to another yard sale and found a Portapower, but decided to leave it, they're common.
When I got home I opened the Hoover to find a fairly clean interior, but a bag completely stuffed with dog hair! I tried to save the bag, but it smelled bad, so I had to toss it. I think the vacuum weighs half of what it did since I removed the bag. LOL
I'll post pics later.
