Doing the Cha Cha cause...

[susandennis]

The Roomba has been delivered!!! The UPS website says that when I get home this aft, we can let the auto sucking begin! (ewww just had a flash vision of mouth on tailpipe... )

And speaking of sucking... The DirtDevil I bought on Sunday is a nice little piece of work. It's base is more narrow than Shark's so it can get to more places (but takes more strokes to cover big real estate). It seems to pick up more stuff but that could be because the Shark was getting a little long in the tooth, if you get my drift. The DirtDevil has a little charging base that it lives in and that's a bit more handy for me than the Shark's plug in deal.

I just looked it up and the Roomba needs 3 hours of charging. So I'm thinking about 8 p.m. tonight Jake and Betty are in for a treat!

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[vasilatos]

You must report on the Roomba. My housemate believes in the Roomba; I don't.

But I need to vacuum the stairs, and I know the Roomba can't do stairs.
The hall, I think swiffing is sufficient.

[susandennis]

Oh, you will get ALL the details right here! Warning, however... I have no stairs and I am predisposed to love anything that does my work while I've got my ass parked on the couch. (and I have carpets and rugs - no bare floors so swiffing is not really an option...)

[vasilatos]

Well *yeah*, doing work while we lie around on the couch.

Edwardian architecture didn't anticipate the Roomba. We're screwed.

i think the roomba is basically a spendy cat toy.

[henare.livejournal.com]

i'm looking forward to photos of betty and jake riding on top of the roomba ...

Re: i think the roomba is basically a spendy cat toy.

[susandennis]

betty and jake riding on top of the roomba

That is the best visual I've had in my head in a long time... Maybe I should get them goggles and scarves...

[machupicchu.livejournal.com]

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ewww just had a flash vision of mouth on tailpipe...

You crack me up. And I bet no one who sees you on the street would ever take you for someone who would say things like this. I just love that.
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[susandennis]

You know, I never thought about it but I suspect you are right. My guess is that I'm pretty invisible to most people... Wouldn't they be surprised!

I have a very rare (for me) feeling that one day I am going to run into you somewhere. I suspect you won't know me but I'll know you immediately and I'll tell you it's me. It's going to be fun. You wait and see.

[machupicchu.livejournal.com]

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I've thought of that too, actually. I don't know if I would recognize you but I think I might. And although we live within just a couple of miles of each other, we tend to go out and about in opposite directions. We both go on walks, though, and could certainly conceivably one day cross paths that way. I've gone on one or two walks (even my most recent (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26861346@N00/sets/710242/)) where I've passed by near your place and even mentioned it (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26861346@N00/31865493/in/set-710242/) in my entry about it.
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[susandennis]

Oh! Thanks for those links. How in the heck did I miss pics? I love your Around About Seattle pictures. And in this set, I have to say that your Third and Seneca one is my total favorite! Great idea and great shot.

[machupicchu.livejournal.com]

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Thanks!

You probably missed it because this time I did not direct-link any of the photos in my journal entry -- I merely posted a link to the Flickr gallery, which is a lot easier, especially since Flickr is such a great and easy site to navigate. I had all my comments about each shot already posted there; I didn't see the sense in writing them out again.
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