How cheap have I become? Re: cost of vacuums

[bgadow]

http://www.automaticwasher.org/
There is a link on there for their sister site, vacuumland. I mostly joined there because I had a lot of vintage parts that I found in a shop I was cleaning out. I really couldn't find much interest on there, aside from a lot of people looking for specific rare parts. "Do you have a mixer valve gasket for a '52 Easy washer, the early version with the beveled inset? If it is not pliable, don't bother writing back...", that kinda thing. Heck, I have a big box of 50s parts, cheap! Do you want 'em? Send me 5 bucks & postage! Finally did get rid of them, mostly through other venues. Not really bad folks on those sites, but there is an underlying, um, trait that, um, seems to be prevalent amongst the members! (I think that's why I felt like an outcast!)

[GeorgeJetson]

Originally Posted by bgadow

http://www.automaticwasher.org/
There is a link on there for their sister site, vacuumland. I mostly joined there because I had a lot of vintage parts that I found in a shop I was cleaning out. I really couldn't find much interest on there, aside from a lot of people looking for specific rare parts. "Do you have a mixer valve gasket for a '52 Easy washer, the early version with the beveled inset? If it is not pliable, don't bother writing back...", that kinda thing. Heck, I have a big box of 50s parts, cheap! Do you want 'em? Send me 5 bucks & postage! Finally did get rid of them, mostly through other venues. Not really bad folks on those sites, but there is an underlying, um, trait that, um, seems to be prevalent amongst the members! (I think that's why I felt like an outcast!)

I just checked out the links to the two sites,and boy you sure weren't kidding
about the "prevalent underlying theme" especially on the vacuum land site!
It's pretty in your face.
That is definitely off putting,and alienates people who don't share their "trait",which is sad because there is a lot of info there.

[AUdubon5425]

Originally Posted by bgadow

http://www.automaticwasher.org/
There is a link on there for their sister site, vacuumland. I mostly joined there because I had a lot of vintage parts that I found in a shop I was cleaning out. I really couldn't find much interest on there, aside from a lot of people looking for specific rare parts. "Do you have a mixer valve gasket for a '52 Easy washer, the early version with the beveled inset? If it is not pliable, don't bother writing back...", that kinda thing. Heck, I have a big box of 50s parts, cheap! Do you want 'em? Send me 5 bucks & postage!

No kidding! But that's really not surprising considering:

Originally Posted by bgadow

Not really bad folks on those sites, but there is an underlying, um, trait that, um, seems to be prevalent amongst the members! (I think that's why I felt like an outcast!)

Now I'll say there are some damn impressive collections and displays on that site. What I couldn't get was many references in the forums to what appeared to be vacuum cleaner fetishes in their childhood. Then I read a copy of their newsletter and figured it all out.