The polisher
Charlie Lester has asked someone to post this........
Yes, it's mine. A lot of things have been happening here at Casa Electrolux. I've been for some time mulling over my collection, wondering, kinda, "What's the point?"
Ever since I lost my big workshop at my old apartment and then was forced to move to a much smaller apartment with a small space for a workshop space but "not really," and even less space to keep, maintain and enjoy my collection, most of my vacuum cleaners except the really best ones are are just piled up (neatly!) in the garage. If I can't enjoy them any longer, then I don't see any point in hanging on to any of them except my most "cherished treasures."
As I am getting older, I am finding I have less desire than I used to to keep hoarding a garage-full of vacuum cleaners that I am unable to do anything with other than to just keep hoarding them.
Also, times are still tight, and getting tighter [haven't seen any economic upturn around here]. I've been working only an average of 10-15 hours per week, plus my church job which helps some but where the income is hardly enough to live on.
Then, to top it off, I got the Pretty Bad News last week that I have Type 2 Diabetes. Not looking for pity or anything like that, it's just a fact of life for me. And it's going to mean some big changes. Part of what I'm looking at, longer-term, is that I don't want to end up disabled, or worse, with all these vacuum cleaners hanging over my head, leaving Arlee to deal with them "worst-case scenario." It does concern me to think about the incredible burden that would fall upon Arlee if I wasn't able to take care of my collection in a responsible manner.
So I am going to be disseminating the bulk of my collection, keeping only a dozen or so machines that hold extra-special significance for me that I can keep hidden around in the apartment out of Arlee's way.
I hope everyone understands how eBay is the easiest way for me to do this. And, obviously, I'm going to sell off the ones with the potentlally highest return first. It would be pointless to list a lot of average stuff that will be more time and work than they're worth.
I'm not getting any younger. It just seems that "Now Is The Time" to act on this before it's too late.
