"NIGHTMARE ON KIRBY AVENUE"

[super-sweeper]

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">*SCREAM*</span>


 


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<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">INCIDENT REPORT</span>


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<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">August 5th,2014</span>


<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">Kirby Avenue prehistoric technology preservation labs</span>


<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">4:37 PM Eastern Standard Time</span>


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<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">From the desk of our Founder & CEO, Super-Sweeper:</span>


 


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<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">Dearest VacuumLand readers and K.A.P.T.P.L Employees, as your employer it is my job (And legal requirement) to report an incident we had in Sector Classic at around 5:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (For our Non-Eastern repair facilities reading this, please adjust the above and below times accordingly). Before we get to the report (And before Calem grinds his arm to a stub from refreshing the page since i warned him earlier of this thread), let's start off with a Surprise Package i could not pass-up for $15, what could it be? Time starts now, Guesses are to be submitted by 9:55 PM Eastern Standard Time.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">[Notice-Today's weather permitted the use of the "Southern Beauty" organic back-drop].
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<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">[Notice-The safety KIRBY logo is in place to prevent spoiling or spilling of the surprise].</span>

 

[super-sweeper]

<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">Ladies and Non-Ladies, there's only one way to solve this magnetic-mystery!</span>

 

[super-sweeper]

<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">These came with whatever this thing is, but that's not at all what's in the box!</span>

 

[super-sweeper]

We have a clue!

<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">Whatever this thing is, it has a plug!!!!</span>

 

[super-sweeper]

We found it!

<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">At least I hope we did. It's a SONY Reel-To-Reel tape recorder! woohoo!</span>

 

[marks_here]

It is a reel to reel tape recorder ..I put the numbers in off the box..lol

 

[super-sweeper]

Where does the "SCREAM!?" come in?

<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">So far all we know is this lucky guy got a tubular deal on a totally reel-to-reel system. All those tapes I dumpster-dived could finally be played, or better yet, record on the blank tapes! </span>


 


<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">It all started with a hunt. A hunt for a speaker to plug this thing in to! it had no take-up reel, but some knock-off Scotch Tape and the take-up reel from my 8mm Projector later, I could play tapes! the last ingredient was a speaker. So I searched the house over for one that would accept the 2-Plug speaker interface. while in my search, this smell fills the air. this horrible, burning smell, You better know where this is going, or else your fired (Unless you do not work with the KPA, for then you would be hired, and then promptly fired).</span>


 


<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">I walk into my bedroom, where the Tape Player was plug-in and awaiting a speaker. sure enough, that awful smell in the air was coming from the tape recorder! burning motor, I'd know it anywhere (Except an area that does not have an atmosphere that contains burning motor properties). I yanked the plug out the wall and escorted the machine outside. no smoke, no flames, but a room filled with stank-air (That's reverse Sweet-Aire for you Non-Kirby folk)! Thankfully an open bottle of Sun-Pine ($1 Pine-Sol that makes everything it comes in contact with smell of fresh, delicious pine) has apparently aided in the war against burning-tape-recorder-smell.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">I'm taking the machine back to where it came, packaged like it was when new, first thing tomorrow. If anybody wants any of the above literature scanned, now's your time to say so!</span>


 


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<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">END INCIDENT REPORT</span>


 


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[super-sweeper]

Where does the "SCREAM!?" come in?

<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">So far all we know is this lucky guy got a tubular deal on a totally reel-to-reel system. All those tapes I dumpster-dived could finally be played, or better yet, record on the blank tapes! </span>


 


<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">It all started with a hunt. A hunt for a speaker to plug this thing in to! it had no take-up reel, but some knock-off Scotch Tape and the take-up reel from my 8mm Projector later, I could play tapes! the last ingredient was a speaker. So I searched the house over for one that would accept the 2-Plug speaker interface. while in my search, this smell fills the air. this horrible, burning smell, You better know where this is going, or else your fired (Unless you do not work with the KPA, for then you would be hired, and then promptly fired).</span>


 


<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">I walk into my bedroom, where the Tape Player was plug-in and awaiting a speaker. sure enough, that awful smell in the air was coming from the tape recorder! burning motor, I'd know it anywhere (Except an area that does not have an atmosphere that contains burning motor properties). I yanked the plug out the wall and escorted the machine outside. no smoke, no flames, but a room filled with stank-air (That's reverse Sweet-Aire for you Non-Kirby folk)! Thankfully an open bottle of Sun-Pine ($1 Pine-Sol that makes everything it comes in contact with smell of fresh, delicious pine) has apparently aided in the war against burning-tape-recorder-smell.</span>


 


<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">I'm taking the machine back to where it came, packaged like it was when new, first thing tomorrow. If anybody wants any of the above literature scanned, now's your time to say so!</span>


 


[Side Note-Mark loses 4.9 Kirby Points for nearly ruining the surprise, entering a guess after the scheduled time period, and interrupting the line-up. Hi Mark!]


 


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<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">END INCIDENT REPORT</span>


 


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[marks_here]

Ohhh just like that flaming vax wow it's spreading all round

 

[super-sweeper]

<span style="font-family: terminal, monaco;">Mark, Try getting #'s off the NEW improved safety-logo! MUHAHAHAHA! 

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[marks_here]

Well on thread # 292070 2nd picture that is where it said what is was even with a picture of a recorder ... Even with my bad vision of being O L D I could see that..LOL

 

[super-sweeper]

Mark you can't be THAT old, but I'm blind-folding you the next time i have a surprise-guessing thread-thingy! 

 

[marks_here]

I look like Margret Cho past her expiration date!

 

[cb123]

Alex,

That's absolutely terrible! It's enough to drive someone...WELL, like this link I posted for you. I'm sure it's not that bad.

 

[super-sweeper]

lol Calem, the closest I've gotten to one of those Cray-Cray padded rooms is likely those foam mattress pads, and the closest thing I've gotten to a straight jacket is my Neoprene (synthetic rubber for you regular folk) wetsuit. If you've ever been to California and seen suffers, they were likely wearing a wetsuit! Yes, I do body-surf, but I've never hanged ten or grew my hair out, dudes! (Dudettes for our female viewers). So far I still have all my hair and all my sanity over this thing,I hope they give me my $$-$$ back, or at-least store credit!

 

 

[super-sweeper]

Oh,I listened to the song. You've gotta love that guy's accent!


 


P.S- the room smells pine-fresh now! 

 

[super-sweeper]

just for Twerks,

I pulled the cover off to see what went 'boom'. All that happened was a capacitor blew! I wonder if this will be an easy fix, or if capacitors are still available for this thing! 

 

[cb123]

Check out Radio Shack, they may have one.

 

[arh1953]

That's a shame, it was a great looking machine. I hope you have good luck returning it. I just bought a '60's Philco 5 inch reel recorder off ebay. Check your Craigslist up there, unless you already have. They show up a lot on Craigslist.