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[meerasedai]

Does anyone remember central vacuuming systems? My uncle has one in his house, but I've never seen another place with one. Yet, I remember my mom telling me that they were common in the 80s; apparently we had such a system when we lived in NY.

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[heaven_falling]

how does that work? i have never heard of such a thing.

[meerasedai]

There's a vacuum pump that sits generally in your basement, and has ducts to all the rooms in your house, where there are covered outlets. You lift the flap to the outlet, and the vacuum starts. Stick in a hose in the outlet, (like the extension hose on an upright vacuum) voila! A vacuum that you don't have to lug around everywhere.

Affy reminded me of such a thing; it would be handy for quick vacuuming tasks like clearing my hair from the bathroom floor.

[calikat_616]

That sounds awesome. I'd never heard of it either. I was thinking of you the other day when some of my classmates who are in the writing program were talking about setting up websites for themselves. :) Oh, and now I'm doing your thing where you're online, but I'm telling your post anyway. Hehe.

[meerasedai]

LOL, this way its recorded for ~all eternity~

Tell her to get a blogspot or something if she wants to keep it writing-based. Otherwise, tell her to employ her friendly neighborhood freelancer ;)

[thejoysofjess]

OH YOU HAVE HEARD OF IT. MATT ASSURES ME THAT IT IS VERY COMMONPLACE IN NEW JERSEY AND IT'S JUST US WEIRD FLORIDIANS WITHOUT IT.