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withoutego
Joined 2010
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while returning was fresh in my mind

10 years ago

While returning to Ecuador in the fall was fresh in my mind I shopped for an inflatable mattress. Found one. More practical for the layover in Quito which is not long enough for the $50 hotel, but hitherto too long to be at the new airport hanging off uncomfortable chairs trying to sleep til eight.

I'm solving two problems at once. The inflater for the mattress and an affordable shop vac for my pad in Cuenca.

For $22 at Lowes, one can buy the small shopvac (just the top part) designed to sit atop a 5 gallon pail. The pail is as common in this world economy as the amphora was in the ancient Mediterranean . For that 22 bucks, a 6 foot hose, the foam wrap and a bag are included. The dust bunnies holiday will soon end.

Yes, fits in the hard case. It fits so well that my atheism has been shaken yet my religion not stirred.

I will report on the experiment in the fall. If it works and others try it....It should be illegal by this time next year. The stamp of success for many a great idea.

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