Business Scams

It happened on one lovely sunny afternoon when I was at Delta Mall shopping complex ... with a cubicle look-alike walls, inside were two steel chairs, a round table and a flat screen desktop ... will determine my luck and I won myself a blue dolphin handy massage machine, a vacuum cleaner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 02:37:00

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Rust Belt Desperation

Here I am in Northeast Ohio, North Canton, to be precise. I'm staying with my cousin and her family on our trip through the region ... in point. The largest employer in North Canton was the Hoover Corporation. You know, the biggest name in vacuum cleaners and sweepers. They had been in North Canton over eighty years. Their mammoth plant [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 17:40:41

Your Home Buddy goes Online Window Shopping

One of my favorite channels before was Home TV shopping ... and salespersons who goes house to house when I was younger and was amazed how vacuums work. Deep carpet cleaners sound new to me. New cleaners such as this uses steam unlike the other which uses hot water and soap [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 08:55:00

Understanding Labrador Retrievers - My Labrador is Eating the Furniture!

Several new owners of Labradors are not use to the fact that these cute little puppies have a natural tendency to nip and bite at our hands and arms ... to describe the oral obsession of a Labrador Retriever is to think of them as vacuum cleaners. Oft times ... . It is a good idea to de-fluff your pillows, remove sofa cushions, and discard any loose toys [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 09:45:00

Ellis Weiner: Free Levi Johnston

Get this: Inside John McCain's campaign the expectation is growing that there will be a popularity boosting pre-election wedding in Alaska between ... the purchase order for the world's most horrible vacuum cleaner, has done it for you. Mencken, thou ... wedding--it's like a commercial for a breakfast cereal--with real shotguns! Only this time the [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 01:31:11

Neighbors + Neighborhoods

I spent the first seven years of my life growing up in Ozone Park, Queens NY ... . No-one thought twice about knocking on a door for eggs, milk, or to borrow a vacuum cleaner ... around a cause to help a single family that could not find help. As of this moment, you the people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 05:40:29

Monday Monday

Well, here I am at work, while Bryan sleeps in… I hate when he gets days off that I don’t! Oh well, enough complaining ... . The weather is gorgeous and since he is home all day maybe he will be a sweetheart and fix the vacuum cleaner ;) Ok, on to wedding decisions. For the flowers we are going a whole new route [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:31:48

I think this is what they call "nesting."

So far today, I have......baked for Dave's coworkers as a thank-you for the little shower they threw for him last week... ... )....vacuumed all cushions from our two couches and sectional so that I can shampoo them with our carpet/upholstery cleaner tomorrow....vacuumed all rugs in our house so that I shampoo those tomorrow as well [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 22:07:00

Sex on moving motorcycles is out

.And apparently on horseback too.Yes, I bet that got your attention.It did mine ... what Hoover is to vacuum cleaners it's probably a good thing its been updated for the 21st Century ... this after all), striptease, sex shops, and a harrowing section on penis injuries caused by vacuum [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 12:56:00

No charge for awesome.

Have to make this fast so I can see if Val is on WoW. She just sent me the most awesome email ... it's just a little messy. No. Mine is horrible. Lola cut her toenail and has been bleeding on the carpet, along with my lack of vacuum cleaner (which I'm going to remedy one way or another in the next few days [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:42:53

Happy Birthday to the Mister!

Happy, Happy Birthday to the Mister!He is officially now on the fast track to 40.But no fear, because like a fine wine, he gets better every year ( ... going, and serving. He's a self sacrificing, hard working, kayak tipping, vacuum decimating, Paloma ... has always been and will always be my knight in shining armor (even if he breaks vacuum cleaners left [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:09:00

Green Door Wish List for January 2009

Green Door prepares women and men with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental illnesses to work and live in the Washington, D.C. community ... in the Clubhouse really needs a vacuum cleaner to keep their unit in tip top shape.Bertha had to throw ... donating.We are in desperate need of a Commercial Refrigerator and Freezer for the Clubhouse [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:43:00

Keeping a Healthy Home

Our 4 year old Vacuum cleaner finally gave up so we bought another one. This should should last because It's suppose to be one of the best ... like the Ladybug steam cleaners. This is just the kind of cleaner I know that will help me disinfect ... such as cereals on the floor, dirt in the carpet and many more, I had to vacuum many times a day [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 17:51:17

Two more additions…

Well they say that it comes in threes, so here are the other two new additions to our household!A new Epson Stylus Photo R290 Printer.  My old one ( ... of what I had.A new Vacuum cleaner!  A Dyson D23 Motorhead to be precise!  I’ve been coverting ... !  Our houses are built (mostly) to take advantage of the natural breezes (being in the tropics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 10:18:21

Ayn Rand On Eco-Totalitarian Parenting

I wish I could forget how much I despise Ayn Rand. Things just published this excerpt from a 1971 collection of essays called, The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolutionwhere she tried to paint a horrific view of the world if the Indian ... dishwashers or electric irons. There are no vacuum cleaners; she cleans the house by means of a broom [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 02:44:53

Get Rid of Allergens: Use Hoover Self Propelled Carpet Cleaner

by James Boehringer As asthma sufferers, among the most important thing that you can do in order to limit your exposure to triggers is to just ... with the Wind Tunnel Ultra, as like all other vacuum cleaners. They are simple to use and do a great ... eliminate them altogether. The HEPA filtration system that occupies most carpet cleaners [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 09:56:00

Selling Is A Performance Art

I spent one whole day in the vacuum cleaner business. And it was long enoughto learn one of the best lessons ... a very tidy house, don’t you? “I try!” she beamed. Unlocking the back door of the hot dog shaped ... it to say, he sold her this Cadillac of cleaners, and I walked with him to the curb, in a daze [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:11:14

Plastic Pumpkins

One of the forums I visit has a long lasting antipathy against what it calls "plastic pumpkins" ... to realize they were absolute crap were things like a bread steamer maker, a microwave bacon limper ... at one time given a robotic vacuum cleaner and didn't have carpeting (doh!) I actually gave [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 03:12:27

Recently Dead

In his hometown of St Louis, Missouri, Stan Kann was famous for playing classical music on the giant Wurlitzer pipe organ in the city's Fabulous Fox Theatre, but to the rest of the country he was the crazy guy who had a basementful of vacuum cleaners (150 at last count!) and demonstrated them with hilarious results 77 times on Johnny [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 23:50:43

What To Do When In Doubt Of Cleaning Upholstery Correctly

by Chris Channing The upholstery one owns usually isn’t the target of a cleaning regimen- but sometimes even furniture gets dirty enough that a real ... in question. The first step in cleaning upholstery is to do damage assessment. On average, a vacuum cleaner ... . Instructions on which cleaning solution to use should be on the upholstery tag. When [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:16:18

Sports & Entertainment: 1920s Game Time

By Delia DeLeestThe prosperity of the Industrial Age brought something new the average man or woman hadn't experienced much of in the past--free time. With electric vacuum cleaners and washing machines, a reduced work week and a general exodus from farm life to city and small town living, people had more time on their hands than ever before [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 22:28:00

Pope Benedict XVI: Paranormal Investigator

.fullpost{display:inline;}.readlink{display:none;}Joey Ratz (a.k.a. “The Pope”, a.k.a. “Ratzo Rizzo”) ... I was fine with the first three, but that last one sounds an awful lot like asking a vacuum cleaner salesman to tell you if your carpet’s dirty. And regardless, why not just let them all slide [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:54:00

What Type of Equipment is Used in a Carpet Cleaning Franchise?

As may be expected, you will need a commercial grade vacuum cleaner, as well as a number of specialty attachments. If you are going to offer steaming and other types of carpet cleaning franchise, deep cleaning ... a van. Today, many business owners also use their vans for advertising purposes by painting the name [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 02:42:39

Lifestyle - 30 Unexpected and Unusual Things You Can Still Put in the Compost

Composting isn't just for food, silly! You'll be surprised at all the strange, random junk you can toss in the compost bucket ... leather - shoes, gloves, wallets, belts, "sexy" Halloween cat costume from college. Note: the leather ... Cardboard cereal boxes - shred them up first. Vacuum cleaner bag/bin contents and dryer lint [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 12:00:00

How do you compete with a verb?

As previously mentioned AdCenter’s main challenge is in generating search volume ... a good example of disruptive technology would be Dyson Vacuum cleaners. There are parallels in that Hoover was the dominant brand and indeed the brand became a verb as in “to Hoover the carpet”. Very [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 01:18:28

Is the Server Running - optimal use of redundancy on a budget

When purchasing a server, most companies select a server class computer from a reputable manufacturer ... you a lot of grief if the cleaning lady decides to connect her vacuum cleaner to an outlet connected ... . If we take into account only the garden variety commercial servers and ignore the hugely expensive fault [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 21:11:00

Ad Watch - Hyundai Return Policy

The other night as we were watching the season premiere of 24, a startling commercial appeared ... for his wife’s mommy skills. He has to learn to cook, clean, change diapers, operate a possessed vacuum cleaner, deal with one child’s woobie issues and manage to look nice for his wife when she comes home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:26:46

Hoover Self Propelled Carpet Cleaners: Help for Asthma Sufferers

by James Boehringer When people have allergies or asthma they have to remove what is bothering their system immediately ... cleaners can remove especially if the carpet cleaners are of high quality. The Hoover Wind Tunnel ... Tunnel Ultra, as like all other vacuum cleaners. They are simple to use and do a great cleaning job [more...]

Date: 2008-06-08 22:04:33

Fight Allergens With Hoover Cleaners

Allergy substances such as pet dander, dust mites and pollen must be removed from the home when you or your family members suffer from asthma or ... allergies. There are plenty of powerful vacuum cleaners that are using HEPA filters that have the ability to quickly and without trouble remove all allergy triggers. To remove all ... [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 13:54:01

Get Organized for a Better Year!

You know, creating a wonderful sanctuary for your family is not all about cleaning ... store to put in a caddy per bathroom (or floor level): "Small Things" Supplies Glass Cleaner ... to have: Floor cleaner Vinegar Disinfectant spray Tools: brooms, mop, vacuum Trash bags Starting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:51:13

Attenex round every corner

Attenex is not the only provider of heavy-duty processing and analysis software for chewing through very large amounts of electronic data, but the name has become a kind of shorthand for that function. As Hoover is to vacuum cleaners, so Attenex is to massive volumes of data in the e-Discovery world - not a bad analogy, in fact, given [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 00:37:28

authentic imby

So I've managed to clean (a bit ) of the studio. Still piles of fabric and tea towels and crap everywhere but 3 very full vacuum cleaner loads of ... the Great Flood of 2008.And today I had the enjoyment of studio visits and cups of tea with Max and Beck ... do the restoration on my Borgward Isabella ( I wish- my dream car! I think Captain Slow would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 10:02:00

Imagine there’s no death

Imagine there’s no death December 28th, 2008 Below is a new TV commercial for a project called “One Laptop per Child, ... up Fred Astaire to hawk vacuum cleaners, I don’t like this. This may be for a better cause — although ... ” which hopes to provide… well, you get it. This new commercial features John Lennon, who died [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 01:24:15

Simple Woman Daybook, January 19

FOR TODAY January 19...Outside My Window... It's bright and sunny but still cold. The sunshine is glinting off the snow.I am thinking... about buying a new vacuum cleaner. I don't have a lot of carpet in this house, but I still need a vacuum.I am thankful for... so many friends and my family.From the kitchen... I want to make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:42:00

Christmas Day at our house

This, by far, has been the best Christmas our family has seen in our time together!First of all, the presents were a hit ... bounce back racer-an electronic drum pad-a spider man ride on toy with a motorThen Brian and I got ... . Jayce got a Dirt Devil Vacuum cleaner for kids. They both loved those gifts as well!Brian [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 01:34:00

New moms network

We often hear about how women had it so much more difficult in the past, without the help of vacuum cleaners, washing machines, dishwashers, ... ; in packed, crowded apartment buildings, it seems as though we are divided more than ever. Also [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 13:03:00

Roosters, real people, conflicts of interest, and stuff, oh my

While the rest of the blogosphere focused on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, pharma bloggers concentrated on industry matters ... and women worried about vacuum cleaners and hair dryers is a bit politically incorrect, wouldn’t you say ... ’s new, celebrity-free commercial for Lipitor, featuring real patient John E. The decision [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 16:24:32

Piss & Vinegar

October 14, 2008 at 6:41 am | In drivel, everyday frustrations | “What happened to you right there? ... before the carpet cleaners arrive. And the vacuum wasn’t just over 6 months old. So after three floors ... ! I managed to get a very nice customer service agent at the AT&T store (hi Callie on Broadway) who hooked [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 14:41:02

Whirl With Merle - Nov 21,2008

Lizzie Borden B&B in Fall River, Mass. Owner, Lee Ann Wilbur will tell tales of the forty whacks. Vacuum cleaners - bag vs bagless. Eric Henderson, Hoover's director of product training will tell use the pros and cons of each. Are you having a problem with a Worker Comp case regarding treatment? Emaus from Able Orthopedic [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 00:00:00

Review - Noisy toys to buy for people you don’t like this Holiday season

If there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s Happy Parents. I’m not talking about generally happy parents, them I like ... the misery than Christmas? Fisher Price Corn Popper This perpetual noise machine has been delighting ... like it - don’t ask. Judging from my son’s use of the toy, he thinks it’s a vacuum cleaner. Since [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 08:27:03

Appliance Wars

By Annette Dashofy My house has a serious case of “bah humbug ... television. But at the time, there was nothing wrong with it.A week ago, my vacuum cleaner’s carpet attachment went POOF, accompanied with an acrid odor. The machine is at least twenty years old [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 09:35:00

Exciting Times Ahead

Exciting Times Ahead 5th November 2008 | 199 views Big news this week, without doubt. Yes, my trial vacuum cleaner has arrived!!! ... it on my blog. Well, you know me, I’m absolutely obsessed with cleaning… Oh no, hang on, I’m obsessed with children’s television personalities, not cleaning.  I always get those two mixed up.  Anyway [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 17:54:55

On the Road Again....

Tacoma, here we come! Our last stop on the 2008 SpouseBUZZ LIVE Tour will take us to the beautiful northwest. Tacoma, to be exact ... , fun and laughs. Some of you will walk away with incredible prizes, too. Things like iPods, jewelry, gift cards, vacuum cleaners, wine chillers and more. You don't want to miss this event. Don't take [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 15:29:23

Everything You Need To Know About Oreck XL Ultra Carpet Cleaners

by James Boehringer It is extremely important to control all allergens in your home especially if there are people who suffer from allergies ... floors, especially a hypoallergenic vacuum cleaner named the Oreck XL Ultra. With a two bag filtering ... in your home. There is a disposable dust bag found in the Oreck XL Ultra and it was designed to capture [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 06:40:05

Henry and Kirby Vacuum Cleaners - Which Appliance Should One Purchase?

If there is a single appliance more common than any other in homes it has to be the hoover. After all, do you know anyone that does not possess a vacuum to clean the floors? Naturally ... . But, with so many brand names available, how do you choose the best vacuum to buy? The conclusion [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 22:02:05

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to my readers.It is New Year's Eve. Where has the year gone? I don't remember much. It's been a long year. I am ready to start new ... real jewelry-a necklace with her birthstone--it will live in my jewelry box to be worn on special ... kitchen set and their own vacuum cleaners (from grandma J) and some other toys from my familyThen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 02:02:00

Hell Yea Baby!

http://nanashi-inc.net/weblog/2008/hell-yea-baby/. Joana is hired! That’s right folks, just got off the phone with a very nice woman at DialAmerica ... a door-to-door saleswoman selling Miele vacuum cleaners. Not that I have anything against those ... as a laptop bag? Copyright © 2008 Nanashi-Inc.net. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 19:59:25

Park Avenue Meets Bethesda Row

Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover and Tinsley Mortimer (photo credit: Park Avenue Peerage) ... probably never has to vacuum considering that she’s married to fellow Georgetown grad, Maximilian Hoover (of the vacuum cleaner Hoovers). She lives in New York City with her husband and two children [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 16:25:28

Surveillance and Companion Robots -- Maybe not a Christmas present just yet

I have been searching the web for robots that could be useful to seniors -- today. Yeah, I know that's a tall order. So much research, so few commercial products, and I really don't want to count the companion toy dogs. And while vacuum cleaners and floor washers are interesting and available through Target [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 18:29:59

Gifted Goodness

The Holidays have come and gone and the newness of my gifts are still with me.  How could they not be though? ... attached.  I have to say though, the most surprising gift was a vacuum cleaner!  At first I didn’ ... .  This little thing is actually a sweeper and just perfect for our floors - ceramic tile and low pile [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:31:19

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