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Re: Collier's Encyclopedias & Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners

patricia lee
 

thanks John, just when I was longing for a new topic you come through again!

I am sure I need some mind jogging but I remember buying some terrible expensive baby furniture when we had our first girl, Kristen. ?there was a bassinet that also served as a baby buggy and a car bed (yep that was before car seats and I can still remember her sitting up in it and trying to climb out while it was in the back seat and i was driving my little VW wagon) ?then there was also a table that had some highchair attachment. ?i guess it served the purpose but it was a rip off! ?Thank God the kid survived. ?I?don't?remember using it for more than 2 of them.

I remember buying Cutco knives before I was married from a poor college student (it was actually Marcia Haney's husband) which I still use daily and love to this day! ?I think he may have also sold me some Vitacraft pots and pans also. ?I got the full set of Cutco plus 8 steak knives which I had to send back cause I lost my job at Ethel's beauty salon and they cost $10 each. ?(and I don't think we have had more than a dozen steaks in all our married life) ?I?don't?think we could ever afford any of those sweeper! ?There was the?Jehovah's?witnesses who we never bought anything from either.

Oh yes we did the Amway distributorship and was quite successful until we burned out but it was a great learning experience. ?I have sold Jafra cosmetics and Christian books and did wig?party's?in my time too. ?Don't forget the pampered chef parties! ?My favorite items are the garlic press and the chopper.

I am sure there are other things but right now I need the rest of you to help jog my memory. ?Hope you are all getting ready for the holiday season and are well. ?pjlee

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM, jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...> wrote:
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As I was sitting here tonight contemplating my navel, I suddenly
thought of 2 purchases I made from door-to-door salesmen during
my earlier days. Just wondered if any of you had bought some of
these same products or some other products from door-to-door salesmen
at some time in your life.

I think we bought the Collier's encylopedias shortly after our first
son was born in 1965; we thought it would be a good idea for his
educational experiences into the future. Collier's also had annual
books updating the encylopedias. Time marched on. Finally last year we gave the encyclopedias to a friend who wanted to cut them into pieces
to use as wallpaper in her bathroom. Good riddance.

The Rainbow vacuum cleaner (although terribly expensive) lasted for probably about 20 years. Now it sits in the garage gathering dust and
rust hoping for me to put it back into service someday. Good luck!
Not much chance of that happening now or ever. But I guess I will
still keep it in accordance with good packratting procedures.

Of course we had the usual Avon and Mary Kay and Tupperware products
which were not door-to-door but rather in house crapola parties. We
even became Shaklee and Amway bottom of the pyramid types. Never
made a buck on that routine. We still have many of the Tupperware
products which now have become kind of a slimy plastic by now but
that stuff lasts forever. Probably was made in the USA back then and
that's why it does last forever.

Also I remembered tonight the "You Asked For It" show starring that
white haired guy Art Baker. I think it was on tv during the 50's.
That was a great show. People sure asked for the dumbest things
to ask Art Baker to show on tv. Hard to believe, but I could not
think of dumb things to ask Art to show on tv.

Just when you thought I could not bring up mind-boggling stuff for
you to ponder anymore, here I am.

Get off the couch and post some stuff for the group to ponder and
keep this group alive (or at least) quasi-alive.

J Henry Douglas Esq.
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