the id, the ego, & the single misfiring brain cell - Latest Comments on my to-do list https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Hinermad [Visitor] in response to: my to-do list Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:34:16 +0000 Hinermad [Visitor] c32401@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Diana,</p> <p>Mine has the spray in front, so you pull the trigger when you pull the machine toward you to spray detergent, then let go and push forward to suck it back up.</p> <p>Could the trigger be getting stuck? I think mine has a cable (like a bicycle brake cable) to connect the trigger to the spray valve. Cables like that can bind, and considering the moisture and dirt these things live in I imagine it could corrode.</p> <p>Dave<br /></p> Diana,

Mine has the spray in front, so you pull the trigger when you pull the machine toward you to spray detergent, then let go and push forward to suck it back up.

Could the trigger be getting stuck? I think mine has a cable (like a bicycle brake cable) to connect the trigger to the spray valve. Cables like that can bind, and considering the moisture and dirt these things live in I imagine it could corrode.

Dave

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2010/11/18/my-to-do-list#c32401 admin [Member] in response to: my to-do list Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:16:56 +0000 [Member] c32399@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>It&#8217;s a Bissell, Dave. </p> <p>You ask a good question. I think it IS a teenager. </p> <p>OK. Yeah. But really. </p> <p>It has always been my understanding that it sucks all the time. It sprays only when you squeeze the trigger, though. You do that on the upstroke because the sucker is in the front, right? </p> <p>Or maybe I&#8217;ve had it all these years and never had a clue how it worked. </p> <p>May as well be married to it. </p> <p>d</p> It’s a Bissell, Dave.

You ask a good question. I think it IS a teenager.

OK. Yeah. But really.

It has always been my understanding that it sucks all the time. It sprays only when you squeeze the trigger, though. You do that on the upstroke because the sucker is in the front, right?

Or maybe I’ve had it all these years and never had a clue how it worked.

May as well be married to it.

d

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2010/11/18/my-to-do-list#c32399 Hinermad [Visitor] in response to: my to-do list Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:09:57 +0000 Hinermad [Visitor] c32398@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Diana,</p> <p>In the words of Bart Simpson, &#8220;I thought it was physically impossible, but this both sucks <i>and</i> blows.&#8221;</p> <p>What brand of steam cleaner is it? How would you normally tell it to spray and/or suck? Are you sure it&#8217;s not a teenager? They never do anything you tell them.</p> <p>Dave<br /></p> Diana,

In the words of Bart Simpson, “I thought it was physically impossible, but this both sucks and blows.”

What brand of steam cleaner is it? How would you normally tell it to spray and/or suck? Are you sure it’s not a teenager? They never do anything you tell them.

Dave

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2010/11/18/my-to-do-list#c32398 Puck [Visitor] in response to: my to-do list Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:17:54 +0000 Puck [Visitor] c32397@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>I get the part about not throwing things away, but trying to fix them instead. That said, I was bad for suffering with something long worn out. I almost whipped off a toenail this week, because the vacuum cleaner can&#8217;t stay upright anymore, and I have to pick it up at one point when it&#8217;s running. The brushes caught my toenail as they were running. Hurt like hell. I&#8217;m the owner of a new vac today. The old me would have kept going with the old one and tried to be more careful.</p> <p>Some times, it&#8217;s worth it to bite the bullet and buy a new thing. </p> <p>But, the old one is now outside in the washroom, and I&#8217;ll use it on the porch mats. I&#8217;m not quite ready to let it go. :D</p> I get the part about not throwing things away, but trying to fix them instead. That said, I was bad for suffering with something long worn out. I almost whipped off a toenail this week, because the vacuum cleaner can’t stay upright anymore, and I have to pick it up at one point when it’s running. The brushes caught my toenail as they were running. Hurt like hell. I’m the owner of a new vac today. The old me would have kept going with the old one and tried to be more careful.

Some times, it’s worth it to bite the bullet and buy a new thing.

But, the old one is now outside in the washroom, and I’ll use it on the porch mats. I’m not quite ready to let it go. :D

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2010/11/18/my-to-do-list#c32397 admin [Member] in response to: my to-do list Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:09:21 +0000 [Member] c32396@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Well. I have had my hands in the bowels of the steam cleaner, but the corrective surgery failed. There was one part that may have been directly related to the problem because I couldn&#8217;t get into it. My tool wasn&#8217;t long enough to reach the screws. Size matters, as it turns out. </p> <p>At the moment, we have a steam cleaner that totally spews and sucks. Help?!</p> <p>d</p> Well. I have had my hands in the bowels of the steam cleaner, but the corrective surgery failed. There was one part that may have been directly related to the problem because I couldn’t get into it. My tool wasn’t long enough to reach the screws. Size matters, as it turns out.

At the moment, we have a steam cleaner that totally spews and sucks. Help?!

d

]]> https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/index.php/2010/11/18/my-to-do-list#c32396 Tracy Van Zee [Visitor] in response to: my to-do list Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:31:14 +0000 Tracy Van Zee [Visitor] c32395@https://pdblack.twistedpair.net/ <p>Before the steamcleaner stopped sucking, it stopped spraying. We figured out that the darn thing had plugged spigots. Kermit got those unplugged, but now it sounds like they have run amok. I hope the operation went well and it starts/stops sucking again. ;) Let me know if there is anything we can do to help. It will become a family effort! :)</p> Before the steamcleaner stopped sucking, it stopped spraying. We figured out that the darn thing had plugged spigots. Kermit got those unplugged, but now it sounds like they have run amok. I hope the operation went well and it starts/stops sucking again. ;) Let me know if there is anything we can do to help. It will become a family effort! :)

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