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Hi Torsten,
Avoid Dyson if you can. I had the all singing and dancing one and it fell to pieces and the performance with emptying the plastic tube was very messy and complicated because you never really got it clean
Go for a Sebo - made of course in Germany. They are more expensive but they are classy!
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| #3 (permalink) Sat May 27, 2006 15:27 pm Sebo vacuum cleaners... |
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Alan, many thanks for your advice. I had never heard of Sebo before - time to check into it and try it out.
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| #4 (permalink) Tue May 30, 2006 3:07 am Anyone ever used a Dyson vacuum cleaner? |
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I go for whatever looks good at Sears. Their house brand is as good as the more famous brands, mainly because they're made by the same companies in the same factories.
I've heard that those vacuum cleaners with the clear plastic tubes are much messier to empty than bag vacuums are, but I've never tried one. Alan's story is what everyone else has told me too.
The robotic vacuums are now cheap enough so that I'll probably have one of those soon. |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue May 30, 2006 18:45 pm What is a robotic vacuum? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: | | The robotic vacuums are now cheap enough so that I'll probably have one of those soon. |
I Jamie,
What do you mean by robotic vacuums -- are you referring to vacuum cleaners that are operated by robots so all you would have to do is program the machine and sit back?
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| #6 (permalink) Tue May 30, 2006 19:18 pm Futuristic threads |
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Good boys! Doesn't this thread look rather futuristic? I mean, it's been a men only thread so far. And what are they discussing? Hoovers, of all things!
Hats off to our hoovering connoisseurs and keep up the good intentions!
PS: And now there's also a new thread about washing machines! Qui dit mieux -- sorry: who can raise the stakes? |
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| #9 (permalink) Tue May 30, 2006 20:51 pm Macho |
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| Conchita wrote: | | Good boys! Doesn't this thread look rather futuristic? I mean, it's been a men only thread so far. And what are they discussing? Hoovers, of all things! |
Conchita, what planet do you come from where men never vacuum or do laundry?
And since you think it's so great that men do housework, I'd like to ask you a question: Do you change the oil in your car yourself? Or rotate the tires? My sisters can do light automotive and household repairs, but they never complain that men don't do housework. There seems to be a pattern: If a woman can do traditional "men's" work, like fixing cars or building things, she never complains about men not doing more housework. If she CAN'T do traditional men's work, she complains that men never do any housework.
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| #12 (permalink) Tue May 30, 2006 21:09 pm Music playing vacuum cleaner |
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Very interesting. Looks a bit like a huge MP3 player. Imagine: A vacuum cleaner playing your favourite songs!
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| #13 (permalink) Tue May 30, 2006 23:07 pm Futuristic threads |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: | Conchita, what planet do you come from where men never vacuum or do laundry?
And since you think it's so great that men do housework, I'd like to ask you a question: Do you change the oil in your car yourself? Or rotate the tires? My sisters can do light automotive and household repairs, but they never complain that men don't do housework. There seems to be a pattern: If a woman can do traditional "men's" work, like fixing cars or building things, she never complains about men not doing more housework. If she CAN'T do traditional men's work, she complains that men never do any housework.
This is my experience, anyway. |
All this is very well, but have you noticed that traditional “men’s” work, to use your expression, isn’t usually done on a daily basis? Fortunately, the men in my family do some housework chores and I know quite a few others who do, too. But this isn’t the normal pattern in any of the countries where I’ve lived or been to and I'm almost sure they are all on this planet  !
As to car repairs, I’ve never had to do any myself. I think I would know how to change a wheel, more or less, but have never ever done it  . |
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| #14 (permalink) Wed May 31, 2006 4:35 am Futuristic threads |
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| Conchita wrote: | | All this is very well, but have you noticed that traditional “men’s” work, to use your expression, isn’t usually done on a daily basis? |
I've never noticed this. My dad did his work every day. Then he came home and usually helped my mother with what was left of her work, so his day was as long as my mom's. And he helped even though he could be very stressed out! On Saturdays and Sundays he was doing repairs and other things that needed to be done, so his week was as long as my mom's. If my mom was sick, he did everything. The only real difference between my mom and my dad, where work was concerned, was that at the bank my father didn't have the luxury of telling his employees to be quiet while he took a nap. |
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