The Hurricane

So interesting is our life! The vacuum cleaner emitted a funny sound, wound down and clouds of smoke poured out of it the other day. Oh well it was quite old I suppose. At home this would not be a problem but vacuum cleaners are not common around here. Cleaning the house is usually done with a sulu or broom. Buggar that though when 5 minutes with a vacuum cleaner and the job is done. So off to see one of our friends Dad who runs an electrical importers shop. He is palagi by the way! There were 3 to choose from which was a surprise. Thought there would only be 1 and that would be it! The Samoan shop keepers were not a lot of help - well as I said not much experience with a vacuum cleaner or was it just with customer service?!

Actually to digress the cleaner at work was found one day trying to clean the whole library with the pipe end of the vacuum, with no brush on. No wonder it was taking so long! I had to give a demonstration on how to vigorously vacuum backwards and forwards. It still did not get done this way but in some half arsed dragging of the brush towards you kind of action! Anyway back to the purchase.

Adam went back another day when one of the palagis were there and received a bit more help in the way of the cleaner boxes so you could at least read the specs. A choice was made. A 5% discount given, on account of being a palagi friend, and the cleaner is now at home. It is the hurricane as it sounds like one and is proudly black and yellow! Can't actually believe Adam brought that one home! In the end it was the only one with a recognised brand name - Kambrook - and had an old Briscoes sticker on so here's hoping its with us as long as the last one. Oh and funny that we had a vacuum cleaner to sell for a friend who moved back home and just got rid of that one 2 weeks ago before our one decided to blow up. Sods law huh?!