Not mine, unfortunately.  But my vacuum has just lost quite a bit of weight.oreckxl21

What's the secret?  I changed the vacuum bag--a chore that was long overdue.  It's just a gross job.  I'm glad I don't have a bagless vacuum, because I do not want to have to look at the dirt that's generated around here.

I have one of those eight-pound vacuum cleaners.  It's nice and light, until I clean something with it.  Once it's been turned on, that thing seems to double its weight in no time at all.  I guess that's an indicator that it's doing its job.  I'm quite confident that the bag I just removed from my vacuum weighed well over eight pounds.  That's a lot of dirt, dust, leaves and Legos.

But an eight-pound vacuum?  Only when the bag's completely empty.

I wonder if I could really pick up a bowling ball with the small handheld vacuum that came with my big one.  That's definitely something that won't fit in a vacuum bag, though.

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