"jmcquown" > wrote in message
>
> When I *did* put out an older but running vacuum cleaner because I'd
gotten
> one much lighter-weight with more power and which didn't require those
> stupid bags, the sign I put on it read: "I WORK. TAKE ME." Voila, it was
> gone before nightfall.
>
> Jill

The record for me was for an old gas grill. 15 minutes.

Funniest was an old and very long sofa. It did not fit well into the little
Escort station wagon so the guy had his wife walk behind the wagon and hold
it balanced.