When was the last time you saw this

[Cleanworks]

Cleaning shag carpet installed in the late 60's or early 70's. Home owner can't quite remember when. At least 50 years old.

 

[hogjowl]

In the 90’s

 

[Lee Stockwell]

A lot of it in the 70's too. Harvest Gold, Avocado, Bright Yellow, Red, Blue, and Orange.

Any schmuck who installed white carpet in an adjoining room got lots of color tracked onto it.

Dry crocking, lots of fugitive dye from the mills competing to make LOUD color statements.

 

[Mikey P]

A lot of it in the 70's too. Harvest Gold, Avocado, Bright Yellow, Red, Blue, and Orange.

Any schmuck who installed white carpet in an adjoining room got lots of color tracked onto it.

Dry crocking, lots of fugitive dye from the mills competing to make LOUD color statements.

Did you convert to Judaism?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Did you convert to Judaism?

Yiddish has so many great words and I'm always open to learning a few new specimens.

 

[Nomad74]

I get a few like that every now and then. Gotta love that old Nylon.

 

[Mr.cleansalot]

Oh I want it if the decide to rip it out let me know that stuff is cool in my book lol ugly as ever but bad ass .probably last for ever idk but its a classic

 

[ruff]

Yiddish has so many great words and I'm always open to learning a few new specimens.

Yea.
For example: Is Mike a Gantse Macher?

Gantse Macher
Man about town, big shot

Literally this means "whole maker". The word "macher" itself can be used unsarcastically to describe a man who produces much wealth. Adding "gantse", which means "whole" or "entire" it takes on a more sarcastic tone and describes someone who thinks he's a macher but is really just a schmendrik.

 

[BIG WOOD]

I clean it about 3 times a year over here in different homes. It's a nice cleaning every time

 

[Charlie Lyman]

I have a couple of jobs I do every year that have that carpet.

 

[Numero Uno]

Still have my shag rag an shag vacuum attachment.kind of like a broom with tubes to go down deeper for vacuum.There was once a time with one daily.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

A lot of it in the 70's too. Harvest Gold, Avocado, Bright Yellow, Red, Blue, and Orange.

Any schmuck who installed white carpet in an adjoining room got lots of color tracked onto it.

Dry crocking, lots of fugitive dye from the mills competing to make LOUD color statements.

It wasn't always good for the customer to see you draining your recovery tank (portable therefore in the house) due to the fact you would often see the color of the carpet in the waste water; especially red.

On a related note:

Ed York, a gantse macher if there ever was one, objected to truck mounts because you couldn't easily show the dirty waste water to the customer like you could with a portable.

 

[Jim Pemberton]

schmendrik.

Would it be safe to say that "schmedrick" is a bit more polite that "schmuck", as it doesn't have the reference to male anatomy?

 

[ruff]

I believe subtle was the word you were looking for

 

[Jim Pemberton]

I believe subtle was the word you were looking for

Yes...neither term is truly polite

 

[Cleanworks]

It wasn't always good for the customer to see you draining your recovery tank (portable therefore in the house) due to the fact you would often see the color of the carpet in the waste water; especially red.

On a related note:

Ed York, a gantse macher if there ever was one, objected to truck mounts because you couldn't easily show the dirty waste water to the customer like you could with a portable.

He has a point. I have an old plexiglass pump out that I use on large commercial jobs. Some people are just mesmerized by the dirty water.

 

[Old Coastie]

I get tickled when Mz Piff stands there watching the sight tube on my 360i.