Would sound as sweet?
Until yesterday I was reading Silkstone as “Silktone”. I thought Silktone a really clever brandname (nicer than Sweetone even) but now I realise the name comes from Silkstone Common where Paul Hayward makes them!
It’s funny that Hoover whistles are renowned as being quiet. In the UK Hoover is still the commonly used name for a vacuum cleaner, which is anything but quiet (unless you’re using the new silktone vacuum I’m about to patent).
Glad to see I am not the only one who thinks of Nilfisks and Dysons when the subject-line ‘Hoovers’ appears on the board.
[ This Message was edited by: Peter Laban on 2002-01-18 09:25 ]
Somewhere in the long distant past Thom Larson posted a hilarious set of Hoover small-appliance whistle graphics. If you want a good chuckle, look them up.
Vinny
If I’m not mistaken, I thought that Hoovers were originally called Macks. JP
Most Hoovers suck, but mine blow.
Somebody’s bound to, so I will - take a look at http://www.geocities.com/devilsadvoc8/html/pictures.html
Hey, Martin. I just did a search for “Silktone”, thinking it was the name of the whistle. Your post was the only one to put up. It saved me some time and confusion.