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people who think they are knowlegable but clearly are not

I think everyone on this site uses their own experience to form opinions. Most of us have used hundreds of vacuums over the years, so we use that experience to base our opinions and expertise on.

There's only 2 people I can think of who like to make bold statements but don't have any experience to back it up with.
 
I don't profess to be knowledgeable but I'm learning slowly :-) I learn a lot from members on here but there are a small minority that make no sense to me. Haha
 
There's no member on here that knows everything about everything (although I think some people like to think they do!). We all learn from eachother. I've been around the online vacuum community for 9 years now and I'm always learning new things. Everyone has something that they're an expert on, so between us, we're the experts.
 
This is a far more effective site than a lot of others - Abbysguide springs to mind with a PITA moderator who has so far bullied everyone off the site that hardly anyone goes there now.

I am however very sad that the first group I joined - Hooverland on Yahoo has become overrun with spam and junk.

Vacuumland for me has been a great forum though and continues to be a good learning experience. I agree with Chris here that we all learn from one another and without him and others I wouldn't probably be so clued up as to past and present vacuums.

I love googling old archive threads too though as there is a TON of info out there on this forum done before I joined, which the webmaster has allowed to happen.
 
I miss the days of Hooverland too, Nar. The thing is, the UK is such a small country that nearly all of us know eachother in person now. Hooverland started to die out after the first big meetup in 2009, people exchanged numbers and Facebook's so it kind of rendered that group, in that format, a little redundant. The forum set up of vacuumland works a lot better than the yahooo group would now.
 
Very interesting point on people who think they know everything. I think I have spotted maybe a couple, but you get people like this in all walks of life. I think that is something that anyone can easily say about a lot of people, but as mentioned, people form their opinions based on their experiences. I think I am relatively knowledgeable about certain vacuums, predominantly modern ones built within the last 20 years. Vacuums older than myself, I do not have a clue about and don't pretend to, although they are fascinating and it is incredible at how much some people know about them. Same goes with cars.

Leading on from this question, what is it about vacuums that makes us so interested in them ? I have always said that for myself, I am a clean freak, and with vacuuming, it is something which you can see immediate results with. Because the floor is the first thing people see when they walk into a house, keeping it clean and in order is very important to some people.
 
I've always been attracted to vacuum cleaners. They are living breathing machines haha I'm also interested in how they have evolved over the years and new innovations and designs. :-)
 
what is it about vacuums that makes us so interested in them

My mother has been asking that question for the last 25 years and I still can't answer it!

I have no idea what it is that fascinates me about vacuums so much. From being able to walk, I was pushing the vacuum around. From being 3, I could tell you what vacuum and washing machine was in every house on our street.


 


I spent a lot of years trying to ignore my interest, keep it quiet and make sure people didn't know. Like a dirty little secret. I spent many many years of asking "why?", "am I weird?", "is there something wrong with me?".


 


But in more recent years, maybe since about 2009 when I got my own place and started interacting with more collectors and going to meets, I've stopped asking the questions. I don't care anymore. I don't have to justify it to anybody and if someone is going to judge me in a negative light for it, then I really don't want someone in my life so superficial. It is what it is. It's the same passion that drives anybody to be interested in, well, anything! Cars, stamps, animals, books, records, photos. Whatever our collections are, why is anybody interested in anything? It's just part of who we are and how we work.
 
I still keep it quiet though

Sorry if this sounds rude, but...why? You're a grown man, you're allowed to be interested in whatever you like, as long as you're not hurting anyone. What are you worried about?


 


Incidentally, husband very much appreciates the interest and is enjoying how clean our floors are
 
You don't need me to tell you that there are plenty of other hobbies and interests other people have which actually cause harm and bother to lots of people. I am interested in vacuums and lots of domestic appliances, why because I don't really know, although the pointers I mentioned are as close to a calculated decision I have made.

At least I am not a pusher for illegal substances or selling my body for cash because these are "hobbies and interests" which should genuinely be kept as secrets and things which get found out by other people, especially in authority, when they shouldn't be, I don't know where this conversation is going now.

Point is, vacuum cleaners for us lot are our hobbies. We shouldn't be afraid of that fact!
 
Exactlty!

At least our hobbies are useful! There's always going to be vacuums around, and there's always people who need advice on them which the experienced members on here will be able to point in the right direction!


 


At least it means we live in nice, clean dust filled environments unlike some messy people around. Just watch one episode of Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners or How Clean is Your House or something like that, and just look how they live.
 

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