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I'm in the market for a new vacuum cleaner, and one of the things that I've found in my research is that Miele and Riccar have significantly higher breakage rates than, say, Shark. Here's a survey Consumer Reports did on breakage rates and customer satisfaction.

Obviously, Shark vacuums are terrible, and I don't want one - but it did lead me to ask:

What is it about the vacuum cleaners like Riccar or Miele that makes owners have a higher rate of satisfaction? Reliability is something that's important to me, and I was hoping that someone might be able to shed some light on this for me.

The girlfriend always makes a big deal about me going to bed with her.

Earlier today, she took a nap, so she says she isn't tired. It's now 1AM, so I'm going to sleep. She says she won't come to bed, after I've waited for half an hour for her (when she said she was getting ready for bed) .

So, I'm going to sleep in the middle of the bed. Take that!

Pure roadie, deciding to get a little dirty! I rode a 26 inch Trek Fuel back in 2010, and couldn't believe how far suspension has come since then. This bike feels incredible.

Http://imgur.com/17ulmLu

Lapierre XR 529 full carbon frame

Rockshox Reba RL 100mm fork

Fox Float CTD

Formula Crap***

Elixir 7

EA50 seatpost/EA90 stem, Lapierre handlebar

King BB

Geax AKA 2.2 F/R

Swapping out the wheels for XT hubs, DT Revolutions, and Crest rims, which should take off about 1.5lb.

Swapping the brakes for some Formula R1s, and handlebar for EC70.

Any thoughts or recommendations on build?

My girlfriend moved all my stuff around, re-arranged MY bedroom, and didn't ask me anything about any of it. I can't find anything now.

So when she went to the bathroom, I refreshed her Hulu page.

That'll teach you to re-arrange my things. Have fun buffering for... 10 seconds.

3 years ago, my girlfriend and I housesat for a couple for 3 weeks. They had a terrible dog - it had kidney problems, and had to be walked every 3 hours, including at night. It was awful... and the dog was a little bastard, too. One night, while I tried to wake him up to walk him at 4AM, he bit my thumb and I had to get stitches.

Last weekend, we got about 10 inches of snow overnight. As a gesture of goodwill (and to calm down from a bad day at work), I shoveled the sidewalks and driveways of every house on the block... except for the house of the couple with the bastard dog!

Take that!