Mini/Mega Meet in Pittston!!

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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">According to Google Maps, Buffalo is about a good 4 hour drive from Pittston (5 if you factor in "necessary stops" 
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Well, preparations are well underway.

The yard is mowed and raked. I got all of the food today. The menu is going to great, I think. Machines will come out of all corners of the house. This time, I'll get out a lot that the gang hasn't seen before. They'll even get a chance to run "Terry's" coffee can. Pics will follow soon.
 
Tazcatsdad, you would enjoy it!

Bill, You should definitely plan a trip on a Sunday. Your collection is wonderful, I've seen and enjoyed several of your vacuums on Youtube to include, the Hoover Convertibles, Hoover Celebrities Video, Hoover Windtunnel S3630 video, Hoover Spirit video, Kenmore Progressive video and many others. I for one would love to try your Cinnamon Hoover Celebrity II Elite S3061. I love it in the video below.

Definitely should plan this as a Micro Meet and I'll come over as well. Sunday May 19 or May 26 would work good for me, possibly June 2. My other June weekends are hectic. Now through May 7 is bad for me too but I'm trying to stop in briefly for this Saturday's MiniMeet since its been so long!


 
Looks like Chris and Joe are coming I will be bringing a filter Queen and my newly acquired sebo. And maybe a hoover two. Thankfully we are taking my truck so they will be a little bit a room for extra machines to go along! OH IM SO EXCITED!!!!!! :-)
 
Dan!

I hope you got Mr. Gregory's address, too, if you plant to visit him at his store. The group will not be going there. But, being that you are such good friends, I'm sure you'll be planning a trip there. It is: 218 E Drinker Street, Dunmore, PA.That's the end of that discussion on my end....... You'll find it on the left side of the street, across from the 'diner'.Looks like there'll be 12 for dinner.
 
Wow!

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">This Sunday idea is really sounding great.  I'm thinking that Sunday June 2nd would work best for me.  John, how does that work for you?  And is it do-able for you also, Rob?</span>


 


<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">BTW Rob, I'd be happy to bring along the Celebrity II if you're going to be there! </span>


 


<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Also Rob, I'm really glad you enjoy my videos, and I regret not having much time lately to put together new ones but I'm going to have to pretty soon as I've added some new machines to my collection and traded off, sold, or got rid of others.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Anyway gentlemen -- let me know and I'll see what arrangements I can make.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">--Bill W.</span>
 
holy wow! I didn't think that preparing for tomorrow would be so much work!!! I mowed lawn, changed the oil in the truck, fixed the radio in the truck (2 back speakers were blown), cleaned and vacuumed the truck and because I live in NY and they use lots and lots of salt in the winter I decided to paint the rust spots and do some undercoating. now on to fixing a washer and then loading the truck with machines for tomorrows mini/mega meet!  
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I too have loaded up the truck for the extravaganza

The objets d'Hoover have been safely packed into the back of the Explorer. Oh, what fun we shall have!


 


I tried to create a little "theme" for this visit. A Hoover product from every decade from the 1940s through the 1990s. 


 


1940s: Model 61 with attachments


1950s: Model 62


1960s: Model 34 Special 


1970s: Dial a Matic whose model number escapes me


1980s: Concept Two Electronic


1990s: Concept One U3315 and Legacy whose model number also escapes me

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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Sounds good, Rob.  I'm just waiting to hear from John to make sure that the 2nd will work good for him, and then it's all systems go from there!</span>
 
Well,

The mega meet is well underway. Nine are in attendance. Mark and J.T. had a birthday party to attend, and MAY arrive later. WE made a nice trip to Scranton. WE stopped at Vac Way.Time constraints prohibited us from seeing the 300 'vintage ' vacuums located in a special room. Mr. Partyka promised me we can see them next time. Then, we moved on to The Radisson Hotel, the FORMER Lackawanna Station. It is a magnificent piece of art. Then, a nice dinner followed. The menu was:
Mascarpone dates with crushed pistachios, Waldorf salad, baked baby sea scallops wrapped in bacon, lobster bisque, chicken cordon bleu, twice baked potatoes. Dessert was cherry walnut cake.
Photos will be posted soon. LOTS and LOTS of machines were humming. Thankfully, all of the non-HOOVER items were being used while I was in the kitchen. I'm glad they got the chance to get that all out of their systems. As usual, a fun time is being had by all. It was a chance for friends to return. Some met for the first time. More followups soon.
 

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