How Do You Explain You’re Into Vacuums Cleaners ?

[real1shep]

Yeah telling people you have a 'floating vacuum' usually piques their interest. However, when you actually show them the vac in use, they are almost always disappointed......they expect it to be hovering way off the floor like a spaceship, for some reason.


 


My ex thought my original Connie was a joke. Then she had occasion to use the retro Connie in our new house. Tables turned, especially when it followed her around and she's a diehard Electrolux fan. 


 


Kevin

 

[kirbyvertibles]

Hi my name is Phillip and I'm a vacuumaholic

I've never had a problem with sharing my interest, I just don't seem to care if someone thinks I'm weird. I turned my hobby into a service when I was a kid and many people would bring me their vacuums for repair. They were amazed this little kid was doing what they couldn't. I would even camp out in the vacuum isle at Kmart while my Mom was shopping and I would sell Hoovers to people. Most of the time people would walk away with the vacuum in their cart that I recommended. I was about 5 the first time I ever did that and the lady bought it.
I love all makes models types and era's of vacuum cleaners from antique to brand new.
Welcome to the club and never let anyone make you feel weird about liking vacuums. People will find something weird about you either way if they want to bad enough either for vacuums or something else.

 

[anthony]

I am

far to long in the tooth to worry about what people think when i tell them what my hobbies are .i came to the conclusion [a long time ago ]that the only important opinion is mine

 

[madman]

Eh, it can always be difficult to admit to having a passion that most people would find 'weird.' On the rare occasion that something or other comes up in conversation, I find it's best to just come right out there with as much confidence as you can muster, and speak of it as if it's the most normal thing in the world. Even if you're sweating bullets on the inside, wear a confident smile on the outside, and once it's out in the open, the embarrassment either quickly subsides altogether, or the person you're talking to is the embarrassed one for thinking you're weird.

 

[real1shep]

I hadn't realized it but that is the best strategy....just come right out with confidence and start talking about it like it's any other 'normal' hobby. And it's true....they wind up being the embarrassed party due to their own ignorance. Tell them there is a forum dedicated to vacuums and thousands of people collect them. Works well, but yeah, you do expend a lot of energy doing that. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it.....


 


Kevin

 

[real1shep]

I hadn't realized it but that is the best strategy....just come right out with confidence and start talking about it like it's any other 'normal' hobby. And it's true....they wind up being the embarrassed party due to their own ignorance. Tell them there is a forum dedicated to vacuums and thousands of people collect them. Works well, but yeah, you do expend a lot of energy doing that. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it.....


 


Kevin

 

[lux14]

Question, Does anyone know if the Stan Kahn Johnny Carson discusion is on Utube? Would love to watch it. Looked and it did not come up. Thanks!

 

[vacuumlad1650]

There are a few clips on there...These come off a Plethora of Television Shows...


 





 





 

 

[midcenturyfan]

It is a great shame that admitting to having a collection of vacuum cleaners usually causes a reaction of shock and horror. Women are generally worse than men, and they normally dislike the idea of any type of collecting, other than shoes or handbags.

I think that collecting in general is often portrayed in a negative way by the media. It is viewed in the same light as hoarding, and seen as some type of illness.

Another problem is that the trend at the moment is for minimalism, so the idea of having lots of objects in a room goes against the idea of how a home should be.

We have just got to carry on enjoying what we do, and trying not to let negative people get us down. Our collections are there to give pleasure to us, and if some other people do not get any pleasure from them, that is a shame, but not our problem.

Robin.

 

[crazykirbylady]

I made a drunk facebook post awhile back on why I just loved collecting Kirby's. People generally think it's weird but then again they know I'm just a strange individual so they're not surprised lol. Mostly everybody just thinks it's sorta cute and unique.

 

[rowdy141]

I tend not to confess my "condition"; repairing/collecting Valve-radios, Fans, Vacuums, Sewing Machines...
People's eyebrows go up, and they adopt a stunned silence.

 

[real1shep]

A lot of it's the 'dirt' part. Most people don't want to talk about things directly related to human waste. I doubt that you'd get much traction talking about collecting garbage trucks. 'Out of sight, out of mind' when it comes to human waste. Like the continent of plastic water bottles/waste that's floating out in the ocean.


 


Kevin

 

[tolivac]

There is a website pertaining to trash trucks---"Classic Refuse Trucks" Yes some guys on this do collect trash trucks and restore them as we do vacuums-it is a fascinating website-and they do show the trucks compactors in use.That is the most complicated part of the truck trash body.I like them-I do visit the CRT site regularly.

 

[real1shep]

I have no doubt there is a 'CRT' site and subscribers! And for those into that sorta thing...more power to them.


 


Kevin