Amy Bowie

It will hopefully blend in nicely…

Vacuum cleaner update: wouldn’t you believe it… Briscoes had a sale. 60% off. We got a budget Electrolux in ocean green to match our ocean green carpet. Will report back as to whether it sux or not. $180 bux . If it doesn’t suck we will have buyers remorse…

He is sooo paranoid. His mother wouldn’t go to bed until the electric oven had cooled down lol… paranoia across the generations

*may* … the level of elderly paranoia about batteries and fires is quite high unfortunately. 🙄

Ooo another Miele and Dyson fan! 🪭

I do not. But anything instant sounds good…

Such a GOOD POINT I shall remind the elder.

Yes I was just looking… 👀 the trouble is convincing the old man who doesn’t like batteries… 🪫

Thanks for the recommendation!

The reviews of the big ball elsewhere are very very entertaining !

Ooo very nice. I read some dreadful reviews of the ball online!!!

Yeah no he is anti-bags too. 💼

Ooo we do like warranties! Now They have 80 year old dad appeal.

Wow that was a good bargain! Yup no my dad is a bit allergic to all things battery. He is overly concerned about fires, as are his 80 + year old electrical enthusiast friends. Such catastrophizing.

Interesting. Thank you!!! 🙏

Just a matter of where to find them now!! I remember the old tellus machines! So sci-fi

We too had a Dyson for years, but slightly out of budget this time I think. Also uprights don’t work well in our space, which sux. (Scuse the pun!)

We miss the old clothes dryers. The new one is so demanding in comparison. And takes ages.

That’s what we thought. It’s a lot of $$ to be parting with without the opportunity for a test drive!!

Ah awesome thanks this is great info. We were really annoyed that Noel Leeming did not let us take any for a test drive. Including Miele! So we will have to go elsewhere!

Ah awesome 🙌 thanks for the recommendation! Yes we’re definitely going bagless.

I looked on trademe and looks like all the new students have snapped them all up.

Aha so Deutsch and British designs are winning here! Thank you for your recommendation…

What about Bosch? Also gut?

We had an old Dyson upright but it wasn’t ideal for our space. A very good vacuum tho!

Is it better to buy quality or budget when it comes to vacuum cleaners? I can’t make such decisions as it’s just a vacuum cleaner. Not a microphone or a musical instrument or something actually interesting.

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I have them. And I did not nap.

I have to go and get coffee and get some lunch and then come back and tell you I have them and that I did not nap despite wanting to. That is my task.

A friend just informed me mercury is in retrograde, which explains some of my first world problems today. Of course it had to be.