Henry Vacuum Cleaner

[Traveler]

3 hours ago, zil2 said:

I'd be perfectly happy if @Traveler wanted to drop by once a week and demonstrate the finer techniques of carpet and hard floor cleaning.  I think after a hundred or so lessons I might be ready to try it myself.

You greatly underestimate either my teaching abilities or your learning abilities. -- but then you have cats -- it may take more than once or twice.  😉

 

The Traveler

[zil2]

3 hours ago, Traveler said:

You greatly underestimate either my teaching abilities or your learning abilities. -- but then you have cats -- it may take more than once or twice.  😉

You greatly underestimate my ability to feign stupidity while letting you vacuum my carpet.   And I only have one cat, with short hair.   But I do have 6 vacuum cleaners, so it may take you several visits to demonstrate their various technical advantages.

Edited December 3, 2023 by zil2

[EH12NG]

Henry vacuum cleaners are basically employee of the month every time. Relentless little machines. The punishment I have seen them take over the years yet they still get the job done. Simple but effective engineering. 

[Jamie123]

[zil2]

1 hour ago, Jamie123 said:

Waiting for the next installment with great anticipation!!

[Traveler]

17 hours ago, zil2 said:

You greatly underestimate my ability to feign stupidity while letting you vacuum my carpet.   And I only have one cat, with short hair.   But I do have 6 vacuum cleaners, so it may take you several visits to demonstrate their various technical advantages.

Hummmmmm -- maybe I whould have better luck training your cat.

 

The Traveler

[LDSGator]

This is the best thread we’ve had in months.  Awesome!!! 

[LeKillerWallaby]

I thought all vacuum cleaners in Britain were referred to as "hoovers"?

Is a Henry like a shop-vac? I've typically used shop-vacs for dewatering/flood control...

 

[zil2]

Hmm.  Henry Hoover is a good name for a vacuum.   Looking forward to tomorrow's installment.

[Vort]

17 hours ago, zil2 said:

Hmm.  Henry Hoover is a good name for a vacuum.   Looking forward to tomorrow's installment.

The American equivalent is "Herbert Hoover", that hit the scene in 1929. Not very popular, though performed better than expected given the circumstances. "Herbert Hoover" did not suck nearly as much as popular media of the time claimed.

Edited December 10, 2023 by Vort
Duuuuuuuuuuuh

[Carborendum]

13 hours ago, Vort said:

The American equivalent is "Herbert Hoover", that hit the scene in 1929. Not very popular, though performed better than expected given the circumstances. "Herbert Hoover" did not suck nearly as much as popular media of the time claimed. Replaced by FuDaR, easily the most overrated American appliance of the 20th century. Someone should carve "Overrated" into the side of a mountain.

Wrong one.

[Vort]

1 hour ago, Carborendum said:

Wrong one.

Duh. The worst of it is, that is not the first time I've done that.

[Jamie123]

19 hours ago, LeKillerWallaby said:

I thought all vacuum cleaners in Britain were referred to as "hoovers"?

 

[LDSGator]

On 12/2/2023 at 3:48 PM, LDSGator said:

When I would clean the church all of us said the vacuum (one from the 1950’s) was the one God used to drag the souls of the damned to the underworld.  

@askandanswer & @zil2

this showed up on my memories today. 

[zil2]

On 12/3/2023 at 6:26 AM, Jamie123 said:

Sometimes, I lie awake at night wondering about Henry and his 2000 stripling vacuum cleaners. 

It occurs to me that a crossover with Will Wight's Cradle series would have Henry trained by Eithan - it would be fabulous! If you've never read this series, it's well worth it. It's also tons of fun - I'm not used to funny fantasy, but this Wight pulls it off like a pro. The books are fairly short (especially for fantasy), the series is now complete, and they just get better as you go. (It took me until book 3 to be totally committed, but I'm really, really glad I didn't give up on the series - it's unending fantastic from then on. I'll likely read it a second time in a few years.) Oh, and if you read them, be sure to look past the end, he has "bloopers" (as if it were a film instead of a book - really hilarious).

Edited February 14, 2024 by zil2

[askandanswer]

2 hours ago, LDSGator said:

@askandanswer & @zil2

this showed up on my memories today. 

That's a vacuum cleaner? It looks pretty awkward to use, no wonder it was so henryish!

[zil2]

10 minutes ago, askandanswer said:

That's a vacuum cleaner? It looks pretty awkward to use, no wonder it was so henryish!

It's a whole lot faster than using a vacuum that covers less width in one pass.  That one looks smaller than the one at our stake center, which I think covers 3 feet in one pass.

[LDSGator]

27 minutes ago, askandanswer said:

That's a vacuum cleaner? It looks pretty awkward to use, no wonder it was so henryish!

It was awkward, heavy, and didn’t clean the place all that well. But it was the only vacuum they had, so we made it work! Lol

[askandanswer]

23 minutes ago, zil2 said:

It's a whole lot faster than using a vacuum that covers less width in one pass.  That one looks smaller than the one at our stake center, which I think covers 3 feet in one pass.

So people would end up with nicely vacuumed feet? Is that a modern version of washing the dust off their feet?

[zil2]

31 minutes ago, askandanswer said:

So people would end up with nicely vacuumed feet? Is that a modern version of washing the dust off their feet?

.9144 meters.  Otherwise known as 91.44cm.  Otherwise known as 914.4mm  Happy?

[askandanswer]

11 minutes ago, zil2 said:

.9144 meters.  Otherwise known as 91.44cm.  Otherwise known as 914.4mm  Happy?

So these people have really big feet?

[zil2]

Good news, everyone!  You can now get one of these for your desktop for only $19.99!

 

Sure, it may be small, but surely it's big enough to be one of Big Henry's 2000 stripling vacuums.

[zil2]

Just because even ending in a cliffhanger this thread deserves another read, I'll add this addendum...

Since the Henry desktop vacuum (see previous comment) apparently sucks (because it doesn't suck), I got this orange cat desktop vacuum instead, which is fabulous!  I use it to pick up eraser dust.  It also picks up cat hair off the desk, but not off paper - very annoying how cat hair appears to be designed to glue itself to paper.  Battery lasts forever, despite daily use.

[Jamie123]

Haha I'd almost forgotten about Henry! Poor fella!

[zil2]

41 minutes ago, Jamie123 said:

Haha I'd almost forgotten about Henry! Poor fella!

Henry needs to complete his mission!!