on 11/30/2009 8:31 AM (ET) Jules wrote the following:
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:06:10 -0800, utilitarian wrote:

My Eureka Boss vacuum has finally worn out after about 10 years.
Motor bearings came apart and the local repair man says to junk it.
It was a cheap vac, only about $89, I think, but pretty good, to last
this long.


Whatever happened to the days when you'd walk down to your local
engineering place and just grab replacement bearings off the shelf? :-)

I have one of those places about 6 miles from me.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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