super-sweeper
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Good evening fellow Vacuum Cleaner Enthusiasts, This little Groovy Canister has been sitting lonely at a Thrift Shop nearby since the 5th of August, 2013. It's Avocado Green with Wood Grain paneling,Does it get more 1970s than <span style="text-decoration: underline;">THAT?</span>
Anyhow, I decided (Especially when I found the "Perk" of Purchasing) That this Groovy thing shall sit no longer, And come home to it's modern cousins and Ancient Ancestors, To a house that many sweepers now call Home, To the house where a Crazy Man runs around with Zipp Brushes and Crevice Tools, LOL
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So off to said house it went, And to the Kirby store it followed, As I checked on a "Certain Project" (Hint, Hint!), Than finally to the Work Shop it arrived, And was powered on to relive it's Rockin' Groovy Lifestyle.
That LifeStyle, However, Came up short. Instead of a the Bliss tones of Whirring Delight, I was welcomed by a screechy startup, followed by the usual rough motor noises. With It's Auntie Singer of similar (Likely younger
) Vintage sitting in the Attic after it's incident on the covered porch, I knew what those sounds meant, For those where the Tones of Impending DOOM!
Fortunately for "Auntie Singer", A replacement motor has been located at the local Kirby Distributor, Sitting in front of the horde of Modern and Vintage Hoovers, Eurekas and Attachments Galore (I'm not even going to mention how many rooms are CRAMMED with Kirbies!). In this DuoPower's Case, I'm likely to tear this thing apart, And hope that all it needs it some Tender Love & OIL to get back to it's Disco of Household Sanitation.
This little Groovster was likely one held onto for many years, cherished by the same owner for the past 40 Years, With the "Box Of Goodies (Hint X2) sitting on a closet shelf, While the DuoPower ran it's routine faithfully, Until the day it's replacement arrived, All shiny and modern, With plastic and cool "Turbo" What-Nots, And sent to the Donation area for fate to judge. Thankfully, Fate was faithful, as that DuoPower sat for weeks, until I finally decided I was the One.
-Alex.
Anyhow, I decided (Especially when I found the "Perk" of Purchasing) That this Groovy thing shall sit no longer, And come home to it's modern cousins and Ancient Ancestors, To a house that many sweepers now call Home, To the house where a Crazy Man runs around with Zipp Brushes and Crevice Tools, LOL
So off to said house it went, And to the Kirby store it followed, As I checked on a "Certain Project" (Hint, Hint!), Than finally to the Work Shop it arrived, And was powered on to relive it's Rockin' Groovy Lifestyle.
That LifeStyle, However, Came up short. Instead of a the Bliss tones of Whirring Delight, I was welcomed by a screechy startup, followed by the usual rough motor noises. With It's Auntie Singer of similar (Likely younger
Fortunately for "Auntie Singer", A replacement motor has been located at the local Kirby Distributor, Sitting in front of the horde of Modern and Vintage Hoovers, Eurekas and Attachments Galore (I'm not even going to mention how many rooms are CRAMMED with Kirbies!). In this DuoPower's Case, I'm likely to tear this thing apart, And hope that all it needs it some Tender Love & OIL to get back to it's Disco of Household Sanitation.
This little Groovster was likely one held onto for many years, cherished by the same owner for the past 40 Years, With the "Box Of Goodies (Hint X2) sitting on a closet shelf, While the DuoPower ran it's routine faithfully, Until the day it's replacement arrived, All shiny and modern, With plastic and cool "Turbo" What-Nots, And sent to the Donation area for fate to judge. Thankfully, Fate was faithful, as that DuoPower sat for weeks, until I finally decided I was the One.
-Alex.
