Getting ready for the 2nd Monster Mash Bash

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rob shore introduced us to the brand new Filter queen and the all new Filter Queen Defender air purifier. we were quite impressed with the amount of dirt it picked up off of a freshly vacuumed floor. however when we took joe kassocks shark rotator out to play we happened to fill the bin 3 times with johns new dining room carpet fibers. he did mention that the rug had not been vacuumed much. don't you just love the shedding of a brand new carpet?!?! well anyway we wanted to test out the capability of the filter queen so 3 LARGE bins full of nap and fibers were dumped out on to the hoover rug and rubbed in. the filter queen quickly picked it all up and did not even break a sweat!

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after some machine play we all sat down for a lovely desert, john made homemade chocolate cake with a recipe that has been in his family for generations, and Sam Addison made the apple cake 100% from scratch, all was extremely delicious!

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Oh How I Wish.............

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">.......... we had been able to be there.  Recent surgeries have left us both unable to endure a 6 hour car trip.  It looks as though all had a great time, a sure bet at John's house!</span>


<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Kevin and I are hoping for good weather and healing by December.  I am walking quite well now and "enduring" physical therapy.  There was so much damage done to my leg and the therapy is extremely painful.  But - no pain, no gain   --- or so they tell me when it seems unbearable.</span>


<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Leaving for some R & R time in Florida tonight.  Hope the plane ride is not too painful!  Got a direct flight so that should help.  Kevin will come down on 11/11 and stay until the 22nd.  I come home on the 14th.  Care for the dog limits the amount of time we can be away from home together.</span>


<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Best wishes to all and keep the pictures coming!</span>


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<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Greg</span>
 
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">Glad you all had fun, which it looks like you did. John is a wonderful cook and host. Sorry I wasn't there. Best wishes to Greg and Kevin, too, and may you both have continued quick healing.  </span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">John L(ucia), not L(ong)....</span>
 
<span style="font-size: large;">John,</span>


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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish I lived closer, it looks like you throw a great party!  </span>


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<span style="font-size: large;">When it comes to decorating, I am not creative.  I would have never thought to use a Hoover Hood as a serving container.</span>


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<span style="font-size: large;">It is amazing how much dirt that Filter Queen could find in a Hoover Household....scratching my head....perhaps....well......I won't pick on John tonight...LOL</span>


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Don't pick on John!

A great time was enjoyed by all. John's Hoovers do a great job of taking care of the house. He has a lot of wool carpets in the house, and delicate oriental rugs aren't supposed to get done by a machine with height set all of the way down or an agitator brush with stiff bristles. The Dyson and the Shark have very stiff bristles which are more aggressive than is really meant for that style rug.

When my parents bought oriental rugs years ago we were told to only clean them with suction only. We used to leave the power nozzles unplugged whenever doing rugs. However, sometimes with animals that task gets hard. We'd occasionally plug in the power nozzle on the canister but push it VERY fast just one pass over the rug so that the brush was just barely sitting on any particular spot for any near length of time.

As the Dyson and Shark dirt cups kept filling up with carpet fuzz-- as that's primarily what that was, it was dumped on a Hoover mat and then we played around with the bagless machines, cleaning that up and dumping back down again. FilterQueen kicked butt by being able to pick it all up, hold it all, and not clog or lose any power doing so! Yay, FilterQueen Majestic.

I'm off to bed now. However on one last note:

Congratulations and welcome to the FilterQueen Family Mark and JT! I know you'll thoroughly enjoy your brand new Majestic that we were able to get you a fantastic deal on!
 
Well,

While I was preparing for the gathering, I eased up on the vacuuming as I realized cleaners would be running all weekend. The wool Chinese rug in the dinning room is only 2 yrs old. It molts every time it's cleaned. The red Karastan rug is 40 yrs old and still sheds, as do the others. When I saw the fibers, I thought the rugs would all be bald when they were all done. FEAR NOT!!!! Every rug on the first floor was thoroughly vacuumed with the proper equipment later..HOOVERS Pics will follow soon.
It was nice the see many cellar dwellers leave the place as well. As the prostitute said to the Navy, "There's more where that came from".
Thanks, again for the Halloween treats, and the Jewish apple cake and the crystal cake plate. Know that you're all welcome here anytime.
Matt, (NYC Writer) pleas try to come around Christmas, when Kevin and Greg can make it. Thanks again to everyone. Pics to follow tonight. [this post was last edited: 10/29/2013-14:00]
 
Thank you for having us all, John!

<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">As before, a very good time was indeed had by one and all.  New friendships made, old bonds strengthened and treasured.  Couldn't ask for anything better than that!</span>


 


<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">Bill W.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">P.S.: Sorry but I won't be able to make Xmas.  I try to keep that and Thanksgiving to my family while my Mom is still alive if at all possible.  I am, however, looking forward to the next post-holidays gathering -- and I DO hope that maybe sometime we can arrange a gathering here in Buffalo!</span> // <![CDATA[function DOMContentLoaded(browserID, tabId, isTop, url) { var object = document.getElementById("cosymantecnisbfw"); if(null != object) { object.DOMContentLoaded(browserID, tabId, isTop, url);} };
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A monster mash to remember!

As always a very fun trip to John's with fine food and great friends! It was great to meet Sam and Bill and see some old friends as well. As an added bonus Rob stopped by Oneida and checked out Chris's vac store and got to experience a plethora of machines and a fun night was had by all.

Bill- count me in on a mini meet out in Buffalo as I'm about 3 hours away or so and have been wanting to take a trip out that way for some time now. I'm sure Chris and Mike would enjoy coming also.

Take care everybody and happy vacuuming!

Joel
 

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