Hey Charlie
Always wonderful to see you. And Tania too. To think I've known Tania for more than 25 years now.
The VCCC was very small then. We held a convention in St. Louis, and the cleaning competition was held in my living room. We used real dirt from real vacuum bags. Jason Davis entered a model 1C Kirby and the dirt jammed the fan. He burst into tears, bless his teenaged heart. His mother and father were there and told him it would be OK. We fixed it.
It was at that very VCCC convention that the late Clay Floyd took hold of my Thermax AF, shook it, and water sprayed out the bottom all over the living room. He said "A Rube Goldberg Invention". That was also the VCCC convention where Craig Long shocked himself on the Lewyt Electronic and his hair flew straight out. Good times with good friends. "Memories light the corners of my mind".
The amazing Michael Balda is going to help with your Premier and its new Armature. Michael works on 80 year old motors all the time, so the two of us are going to get your Premier back to its old "Premier" self in no time. And we're doing it during the first day of the Convention so everyone can see a motor that old pulled apart. Hopefully, folks go away from the Convention this year with knowledge of motor repair. After all, that's why we have Conventions, to share knowledge.
Don't forget, the cleaning competition this year is Straight Suction Canister Vacuums. You and I have more experience with Cleaning Competitions during Conventions that anyone else alive. Wonder what Compact that Tania will bring for it? LOL
