[lit-ideas] Re: Hmmm... all hype?
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:32:25 EST
Some of us don't vacuum household dust as much as we do cat/dog hair
shedded, detritus from a woodstove, spilled bags of freetos, large liquid
spills --
okay, I'm clearly moving into the shop-vac arena. Wonder when an automatic
one of *those* will appear. Until then, I wouldn't trade my shop-vac for any
other appliance in the house.
Julie Krueger
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On Feb 12, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Eric wrote:
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> On the other hand, it is so nice to go to the countryside where one
> can get away with vacuuming only once a week.
>
Surely we should take a moment to celebrate the adaptability of the
human form. Eric's contention is that there is approximately seven
times as much dust and crud in New York air than there is out in the
countryside--I'm guided in this assertion only by the frequency of
vacuuming. And yet in the countryside people plough the land, burn
refuse, drive diesel-spewing machines, cut down trees, wear high
heels...
What's my point? I just wonder if the decision about when to vacuum
has a psychological component. Isn't household dust mostly
sloughed-off skin and therefore a function of how many people pass
through the space?
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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