Appliance-related dreams
Glenn, the gun story is too funny!!!
I've had quite a few appliance-related dreams, or dreams where one of the members plays an "ordinary" non-appliance-related role...strange.
One of the most recent (which happened around the time I got the AMP) was when I somehow came upon a 1950's Apex Wash-A-Matic, with the raised control panel (just like the one Robert had). I remember going absolutely insane over seeing it. So needless to say I hauled it home and proceeded to give it a going-over. I put a new water valve on but I don't think I ever fired it up. I ended up taking a few pictures and listing it on eBay if you can believe that. When I woke up, it was still $9.99 and Unimatic1140 had placed a bid...
The second one was a large, old (and haunted as I remember seeing "dark things" there) department store that went out of business a long time ago and was getting rid of its inventory in an auction. I remember checking the place out and as usual, making a beeline for the vacuum section. What I saw amazed me. Machines from the 1940's through the 1980's (why there's a huge time span is still a mystery), mostly Hoovers, in their original boxes still sitting on the shelves!!!! There had been large lumber carts that everyone took at the enterance, and I remember loading up a few NIB Hoover Celebrity IV Elites (boxes showed a power nozzle as well) before I woke up...
Probably the ABSOLUTE BEST appliance dream I had was in 9th grade. I "materialized" in a large store that seemed to carry just about everything, as I remember seeing fabric rolls in addition to what comes next. I took a few steps and BOOM, there it was. Literally HUNDREDS of MINT vintage vacuums and housewares covering the shelves. I most vividly remember the Hoover Constellations with their original attachment kits waiting to be taken. What was also interesting is that there was some type of stainless-steel double-loader below the fabric samples. It was actually hooked up for use. Looking back on it, I somehow went back into the 60's as I did hear The Supremes playing in the background...LOL.
--Austin