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I buy Folgers or Yuban, whichever is on sale. I also buy a small amount of dark coffee beans out of the bins. I'll grind up enough beans for a couple of mornings coffee to mix with the Folgers. I'll only mix a 10% or so ratio of the ground coffee with the Folgers. It's now gormet coffee at a fraction of the price.
I buy Folgers or Yuban, whichever is on sale. I also buy a small amount of dark coffee beans out of the bins. I'll grind up enough beans for a couple of mornings coffee to mix with the Folgers. I'll only mix a 10% or so ratio of the ground coffee with the Folgers. It's now gormet coffee at a fraction of the price.
I did Folgers for 10 years. It works.
I had a friend come visit some time ago and I made some coffee that morning. It was a new coffee maker and I didn’t run anything through it yet so that coffee was just nasty. My bad. lol. He assumed it was because it was Folgers. I never told him what was up so from now until the end of time Folgers sucks.
It works, and it isn't as dangerous or unsightly as toothpicks.I did Folgers for 10 years. It works.
I had a friend come visit some time ago and I made some coffee that morning. It was a new coffee maker and I didn’t run anything through it yet so that coffee was just nasty. My bad. lol. He assumed it was because it was Folgers. I never told him what was up so from now until the end of time Folgers sucks.
I did the same thingI did Folgers for 10 years. It works.
I had a friend come visit some time ago and I made some coffee that morning. It was a new coffee maker and I didn’t run anything through it yet so that coffee was just nasty. My bad. lol. He assumed it was because it was Folgers. I never told him what was up so from now until the end of time Folgers sucks.
The Nephew gave me his extra Keurig and the first cup was Nasty 
I ran the next 5 cups with water only and now she’s ok.
I did the same thing
Got a Mr. Coffee at the shop and I ran some vinegar through it the first time. Makes a difference. We have hard water here, it tastes nasty so no using tap water unless it’s been through the Brita first.
I figure vinegar would remove the patina of the water deposits.
That too
Die cockroach, die! 
Saw one of these for sale ($12) on CL and it got me thinkin of the one I had years ago. Isn’t good for much as far as vacuums go but it’s the best damn thing for vacuuming stairs (carpet) after you’re done installing them. I don’t remember what I paid for mine but I know it wasn’t much. Before I got that vacuum I would have to sweep all the stairs to the bottom then vacuum up the fuzz.
I also had an old skool Kirby vacuum that I bought for $20. That thing sucked! It was also tough. Made of metal so it could survive being tossed around in the back of a van. Only downside to the Kirby was it took vacuum bags. The bags filled up so quickly that I would split the end of the bag open, empty it out and tape it back up so I could get more life out of it
What was/ is your favorite vacuum?
I also had an old skool Kirby vacuum that I bought for $20. That thing sucked! It was also tough. Made of metal so it could survive being tossed around in the back of a van. Only downside to the Kirby was it took vacuum bags. The bags filled up so quickly that I would split the end of the bag open, empty it out and tape it back up so I could get more life out of it
What was/ is your favorite vacuum?
Never vacuumed carpet jobs. Just was not done around here.
Even on residential jobs, as in Grandma has to vacuum her own carpet after you leave?
It was socially acceptable by most back then, and even Grandma was happy to do it. Until it shifted to the least and that’s when the responsibility, rightfully so, fell on us installers.
Shop vac with a few attachments does everything from start to finish. No need for anything else.
Vacuuming was maybe 50/50 when I started installing. I recall a few times I gave someone a kick ass install but was bagged on for not vacuuming. Then there were clowns that booted the entire job in, wouldn’t seal Berber seams, tacker stairs, blah blah blah but they would vacuum and people loved them and thought their work was 
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Used to piss me off. Not the actual vacuuming part but the fact that perception is reality. A quality install that is left messy when finished will always be perceived as lesser than a shitty install that was left clean. Last time I had my van worked on I had to clean a big ol greasy handprint off my fender. Yes I did get a quality repair but guess what part of that experience sticks out in my mind when it was all said n done and somebody wants a review, the greasy handprint. I think vacuuming is the equivalent of you wiping off your handprint before you give me back my vehicle. So even if Grams says she’s gonna vacuum, I’m gonna vacuum first.
. Used to piss me off. Not the actual vacuuming part but the fact that perception is reality. A quality install that is left messy when finished will always be perceived as lesser than a shitty install that was left clean. Last time I had my van worked on I had to clean a big ol greasy handprint off my fender. Yes I did get a quality repair but guess what part of that experience sticks out in my mind when it was all said n done and somebody wants a review, the greasy handprint. I think vacuuming is the equivalent of you wiping off your handprint before you give me back my vehicle. So even if Grams says she’s gonna vacuum, I’m gonna vacuum first.
Never has been done around here.
That's all I've ever used. A Kirby upright can't suck staples behind the tackstrip.
I had that little Dirt Devil when doing custom rugs, worked great. But on installs it was a commercial Hoover all the way, had a emptiable cloth bag. Still have it for my own carpet every once in awhile.
Or picked up by your finger tipsDon’t be ridiculous, those get pushed under the baseboard
