So, what is this? A flying saucer??       Well, it certainly LOOKS like a flying saucer!     Can't you just see this hovering in the pitch-black star-sprinkled night sky above you on a lonely country road?     But ... wait ... What's that red logo on top? HOOVER??!     No, folks, this is NOT a flying saucer! It's a HOOVER CELEBRITY VACUUM CLEANER, MODEL QS-3003, from 1979!! But doesn't it just look like something right out of Close Encounters of the Third Kind?!     Ready for action! I sure wish I still had my orange shag carpeting -- wouldn't this vacuum just look SHAGADELIC on it?!     Kinda like this?! (From an actual 1979 Hoover advertisement!) -- Note that the machine in the ad is the fancy top-of-the-line model with electric power nozzle and deluxe control panel.) Mine is the "Plain Jane" lower-tier model with straight-suction nozzle only.     And ... CAN YOU BELIEVE ... this baby pulls over a hundred inches?! In fact, it shoots the needle right off the dial!!! (For the uninitiated, yes, that's mighty powerful!!) But there are two things I don't like about this vacuum cleaner: (1) It's noisy as, well... you know. (2) The hose is too doggoned short - it's barely 6 ft. long. And neither the hose nor handle end swivels. What a pain! I'm afraid, looking in my crystal ball, that I see some vacuum cleaner vivisection in the offing.......     POSTSCRIPT Well, don't hate me but... I warned you this was coming! Just call me Dr. Frankenstein!!   I absolutely couldn't stand using this sweeper with the short crummy hose. Yes, although it's a much-later machine than I normally would be interested in, I do very much like the "flying saucer" aesthetic. And it's so doggoned powerful! I have a nice, extra-long (11 ft.) coiled vinyl hose that I thought would be perfect for this machine given its strong suction power. So I set-to my medical experiment. Actually, the machine-end coupler on the original hose was very easy to remove. The hose was held into place by a plastic ring with two little "legs" that fit into two little holes in the coupler. I was able to pop that ring right out, intact, and then the hose just slid off. Thus, should I decide to return this machine to its original configuration, I can. Then, horror of horrors, I did connect an Electrolux coupler to the other end. I may eventually attach one with a suction relief valve but this one is fine for now. I got a set of wands and white combo floor and dusting tools and WOW! What a difference! The long, swiveling hose and the much-more-efficient cleaning tools really make this machine a breeze to use. The final indignity, I suppose: The Electrolux dusting brush is quite happy riding along on the tool caddy. One leg of it is stuck down into the hole for the crevice tool and there it sits, ready for use! Now, what to do about all that racket....... Okay, okay, CALL OFF the mog of angry torch-bearing villagers! The monster is complete!! It's finished!!! It's too late to stop me!!!! AAAAAHHH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!!!!!!!