Weird to borrow neighbor's vacuum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you were my next door neighbor and I knew you well enough to say hi checking the mail or walking the dog, etc. then of course I'd let you borrow my vacuum. It's not that big of a deal people.

What if your neighbor commits a crime with the vacuum and you are arrested as an accessory to the crime? It's not worth the risk.,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would gladly loan it to you, OP.

My vacuum has done that when the filters were clogged to the point where the motor overheated. All I had to do was open up the compartments where the filters are and follow instructions to rinse and dry them. After the Holiday, maybe you can try that.

Sparks and smoke probably mean overheated to the point electric motor is toast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would gladly loan it to you, OP.

My vacuum has done that when the filters were clogged to the point where the motor overheated. All I had to do was open up the compartments where the filters are and follow instructions to rinse and dry them. After the Holiday, maybe you can try that.

Sparks and smoke probably mean overheated to the point electric motor is toast.

If you have a little enameled wire around, and who doesn't, it should be simple enough to make some new windings. Easy peasy.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I wasn't expecting six pages of responses. I ended up just sweeping my rugs with a broom and made the most of it. The good news is that I was able to score a new Sebo E3 vacuum on a Black Friday sale from a local vac shop so I guess the timing worked out.

[Anonymous]

I have been in my neighbor's home. I don't want their 'home stuff' in my home.

And if you're a clean person, you would never ask to borrow someone else's vacuum (barring close family/friends).

[Anonymous]

Does everyone saying no have a bagless vacuum? Because I consider myself pretty easily squicked out by many odd things (e.g. cannot sit in restaurant booths due to fear of crumbs in the seat crack) but if it was a neighbor I knew, I'd be OK with them borrowing my vacuum. It's a Miele with a bag. I'd just change the bag after. Definitely would not lend a bagless vacuum, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn’t bother me at all. Some of you people have issues.

DCUM is populated by extreme introverts who are convinced their neighbors are all drug trafficking narcos in Chevy Chase who have homes that would give them ebola if they ever allow shoes inside and who can't eat anything either through a restaurant, left out for more than 10 minutes or made in anyone's home, ever, because they are basically vomming and shitting themselves like 4x a week apparently from lack of hygiene of others. They are simultaneously the most traveled people ever, but cannot stay in a room where a vacuum has been used more than once and insist on cloroxing a space to autoclave levels like surgery will be performed on them right there. They shower between 3 and 5 times a day and walk around spraying sanitizer for every interaction for health yet are constantly, I mean, constantly sick and freaking out about it.

Why are you singling out CCDC innocents? Thanks to this thread I finally understand that I've been wearing Marylanders (including probably CCMDers and Bethesdans!) underwear and sucking on their stank-breath toothbrushs every time the cleaners lug that petri dish into my home. Egads!

[Anonymous]

This is like lending a spouse for sex or something. Who the hell does this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does everyone saying no have a bagless vacuum? Because I consider myself pretty easily squicked out by many odd things (e.g. cannot sit in restaurant booths due to fear of crumbs in the seat crack) but if it was a neighbor I knew, I'd be OK with them borrowing my vacuum. It's a Miele with a bag. I'd just change the bag after. Definitely would not lend a bagless vacuum, though.

Classic bag-vacuum elitist response! Not everyone can afford the fancy bag vacuums!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I wasn't expecting six pages of responses. I ended up just sweeping my rugs with a broom and made the most of it. The good news is that I was able to score a new Sebo E3 vacuum on a Black Friday sale from a local vac shop so I guess the timing worked out.

If you can afford a $1500 vac, why do you need to borrow one? You buy a $40-50 one and have it delivered same day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is like lending a spouse for sex or something. Who the hell does this?

You have sex with your vacuum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I wasn't expecting six pages of responses. I ended up just sweeping my rugs with a broom and made the most of it. The good news is that I was able to score a new Sebo E3 vacuum on a Black Friday sale from a local vac shop so I guess the timing worked out.

If you can afford a $1500 vac, why do you need to borrow one? You buy a $40-50 one and have it delivered same day.

On Thanksgiving?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is like lending a spouse for sex or something. Who the hell does this?

You have sex with your vacuum?

You don't? Weirdo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is like lending a spouse for sex or something. Who the hell does this?

You have sex with your vacuum?

You don't? Weirdo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does everyone saying no have a bagless vacuum? Because I consider myself pretty easily squicked out by many odd things (e.g. cannot sit in restaurant booths due to fear of crumbs in the seat crack) but if it was a neighbor I knew, I'd be OK with them borrowing my vacuum. It's a Miele with a bag. I'd just change the bag after. Definitely would not lend a bagless vacuum, though.

Classic bag-vacuum elitist response! Not everyone can afford the fancy bag vacuums!

Um what? Up until maybe 20-30 years ago, almost all vacuums had bags.