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Venson

Joined: Jul 23, 2007
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One more use for your vacuum . . .
Original Message Jan 27, 2011 10:15 am

It's going to be a day of firsts for me it appears. We had a "thundersnow" (snowstorm with thunder and lightning), something I've never seen happen before, AND I just came across this article in my daily vacum news updates . . .

Definitely don't try this at home but -- moth flies into man's ear. Man get his household vacuum, a Dyson I think (see picture in article), and tries to suck the bug out of his ear. He gives up and goes to the hospital where doctors use a surgical vacuum to rout the moth. What was the name of the vacuum the surgeons used? I don't know. Should we think about buying one? If it can deep clean, maybe. Will the incident spur some vacuum maker to dash for the drawing board and come up with an optional moth-in-the-ear removal tool? I wouldn't be the least bit surprised.

http://swns.com/man-tried-to-remove-moth-from-ear-using-vacuum-cleaner-271056.html

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CarmineD

Joined: Dec 31, 2007
Points: 5894

Re: One more use for your vacuum . . .
Reply #7 Feb 10, 2011 2:23 pm

Venson wrote:

And now to list or rather, relist, another stupid use for your vacuum cleaner. Everyone knows that gasoline is a highly combustible substance and for that reason I will never understand why there's always some fool who'll try to use a vacuum to syphon gas from an automotive venicle. Here's a link to an accounting of yet another unfortunate attempt. The bright side is that this man was not hurt.

http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=13999802

I can imagine all sorts reasons calling for someone to drain a car's gas tank but what about safety? There are actually inexpensive kits for this kind of thing that make the job easy and also ensure safety. PLease note that it is illegal to syphon gas from any vehicle other than your own.

http://www.jrgraham.com/itemdetail.do?action=prepare_detail&itm_id=79650&itm_index=4&parentCtg=7196752&gclid=COD-kKDc_aYCFUbf4AodhCeYYw

Venson

Hi Venson:

Bet it wasn't a Rexair/Rainbow!