Does your vacuum suck too? Or should I say not suck?

I don’t remember what kind of vacuum cleaner we have, offhand. But it sucks, meaning it doesn’t suck anything up. This was a replacement for another one we had that sucked by not sucking, which replaced a previous one that sucked by not sucking, and so on and so on.

What is with vacuum cleaners not doing their job? It seems like each of them work pretty well at first, but within a couple of months, they hardly do their job. The one we have now hardly sucks anything up and I’ll approach a piece of dirt or something with it and the stupid spinning mechanism blows whatever it is away. I have to chase hair and dirt around the kitchen and hope it eventually gets sucked up! Sometimes the only solution is to try to sneak up on the dirt when it’s not looking in hopes it doesn’t get blown away.

I know what you’re going to suggest: “Change the filters you moron!” But I’ve done that….multiple times. I’ve done everything I can think of to help it along, short of getting down on the ground with a straw to help suck up the detritus!

What I really want is a Dyson. Apparently they don’t lose suction? (If you have one, please comment and let me know how it is). Problem is, my wife doesn’t want to spend that much money on a vacuum. Of course, if you look at how long it will last versus these cheap vacuums we buy, it probably makes more sense to buy a Dyson.

Does your vacuum suck? Let me know and let me know what you have and Dyson owners, let me know what you think about the Dyson vacuums!

Nabisco’s response to my wheat thins problem

Below is the response I received after complaining about the Wheat Thins I purchased being too salty. It’s from Kim McMiller, Associate Director, Consumer Relations:

I’m sorry for your experience with WHEAT THINS Snack Crackers. The problem you described sounds like there was a possible mechanical failure at our facility. I am sending you reimbursement via first class mail, which you should receive within 7-10 business days.

We value the quality of the products that leave our facility. We give careful attention to each step of our manufacturing process. Samples from each production run are evaluated before we ship them, in an effort to prevent any unsatisfactory products from entering distribution.

Mistakes can sometimes occur on our production lines. We try to prevent this by stationing inspectors at various points along the production lines, and their duties include watching for malfunctions. Also, our quality control staff makes regular rounds throughout the production area during the day in order to ensure that production equipment is functioning properly.

I hope this information is helpful, and again, I apologize for this experience. Thank you for your loyalty and we hope that your next experience is a good one.

Wheat Thins or Salt Licks?

So yesterday I decided to buy some good cheese and some Wheat Thins. The cheese was great…Red Dragon (mature cheddar with mustard seeds and ale), but the Wheat Thins seemed very excessively salty.

Is it just me or are they making them saltier now? They’re pretty much inedible, they’re so salty. I went to their Web site and finally found a link to contact them. After filling out info like the UPC code and the manufacturing code, I sent them this message:

Good morning. I purchased a box of your original Wheat Thins yesterday and found them exceptionally salty….so salty they’re practically inedible. I have eaten Wheat Thins for years and never found them this salty. Have you changed anything that would account for this change? I’d hate to not buy any more Wheat Thins, but this box will likely end up in the trash and I wouldn’t really want to risk another excessively salty box.

I’ll let you know how they respond, if at all. I bought Triscuits today instead, and they let the great flavor of the cheese come through.

But good grief those Wheat Thins were salty!

Another example of political correctness gone crazy

According to breitbart.tv:

Conservative syndicated columnist and author Cal Thomas is under fire for comments deemed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations to express “Islamophobic attitudes.” Discussing the weekend’s UK terror plots, Thomas compared some Muslims to a “slow spreading cancer.”

Comparing some muslims to a slow spreading cancer is Islamaphobic? Not if it’s true! I’m sorry, but you can say “some” of a group are just about anything and be completely accurate and truthful.

Some blacks commit crimes.
Some whites are racist.
Some latinos in this country are here illegally.
Some Asians are good at math.
Some women are bad drivers.
Some Southerners are not very bright.

You cannot prove to me or anyone else that those statements above are wrong. When you say “some” of a group are anything, as long as there are two or more in that group that fit whatever you are saying, you’re speaking the truth! So where’s the problem?

The problem is with people who can’t handle the truth. Some muslims ARE like a slow spreading cancer. The ones who attack non-muslims are a disease. Don’t like it? Learn to accept the truth.

Finally a professional athlete with his priorities straight

According to Sports Illustrated:

Utah Jazz agreed to release guard Derek Fisher from his contract Monday so he can concentrate on finding the best care for his 11-month-old daughter, who has cancer in her left eye.

My friend’s daughter, who is just a hair older than my 3-year-old, had retinoblastoma and had to undergo a lot of chemotherapy and had a radioactive plaque put in her eye at one point. The doctors were originally afraid she may lose her sight in one eye and half her sight in the other, but she, as far as I know, is doing great and has had no vision loss!

I hope Mr. Fisher’s daughter sees similarly good results. It’s good to see a professional athlete with some sense and his priorities and heart in the right place, for a change. How sad that Mr. Fisher has to be the exception rather than the rule.