Birth of Hair Balls

What excitement is going on in the barber shop this week?

Part of the barbershop floor is carpeted so we vacuum with an ancient Kirby. One day Steph
said, “That vacuum really needs to be emptied.” I hadn’t even noticed. Maybre I thought it was
puffed with air, but no It was chuck full of hair.

“How do you empty a Kirby? I wasn’t sure; I thought it was bagless. Amazing that it still sucked hair.



The next time Cherie came in I said, "Cherie, we have a job for your?"

"What's that?"

"The vacuum needs to be emptied."

"I don't know how to empty the vacuum," she disclosed. She claimed it's never been emptied since she owned the shop, 18 months or since Dick quit working five years ago. Hat's off to Kirby machine that can still suck up through five years worth of hair.

Then I didn't dare vacuum for fear of an explosion.

So today Sera and I decided to tackle the task.



I tilted the vacuum and pushed while she pulled and three giants hairballs this size were born. Look at the mass of that hairball.



Cough , cough, sputter, sneeze, hair and dust were flying everywhere.



Thank you Sera for doing the dirty end of the job.I guess we won't have to empty it for another few years.