Wednesday, March 10, 2010

  Youngest Vacuum Cleaners Specialist - Kyle Krichbaum sets world record

 ADRIAN, MI, USA -- Kyle Krichbaum, 12, has 165 vacuum cleaners and is making plenty of pocket change repairing his neighbors' vacuums and cleaning their carpets , setting the world record for the Youngest Vacuum Cleaners Specialist .

The Youngest Vacuum Cleaners Specialist in the world is making plenty of pocket change repairing his neighbors' vacuums and cleaning their carpets. Of course, everything he makes goes into buying more vacuums.

Kyle Krichbaum , the world's Youngest Vacuum Cleaners Specialist is a member of the Vacuum Cleaner Collectors Club

   He said his vacuum cleaner collection is now stored in his parents' basement and in a shed behind their house.

   "Some people like baseball better than football," Kyle says. In fact, he tells CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman that he likes vacuums better than "everything."

   Kyle's mom, MaryLynn, says the fire's been burning since before he could say "Hoover."

   "When Kyle was a baby in his little baby seat and I'd be vacuuming, he would just be mesmerized by the vacuum and he would just; he'd follow it everywhere," she says.

   The world's Youngest Vacuum Cleaners Specialist got his first vacuum at age 1, dressed up as a Dirt Devil for Halloween at 2, and, as a former teacher recalls, was vacuuming during school recess at age 6.

  "It's not that he didn't like recess. He just preferred to stay inside vacuuming," he says. "He would go down and, actually, one day vacuum one side of the room, the next day vacuum the other side. [He'd] also vacuum the principal's office — anywhere he could vacuum."

Today, Kyle has about 200 vacuums. He uses almost all of them, vacuuming his own house up to five times a day.

   "I have to admit this is one of my favorites," Kyle says as he shows off one model. "It is in absolute mint condition and it's very pretty how the bag is like that shape. It's a slow starter, but it still runs perfect," he says of another.

When I go off to college, my parents say they're gonna have a big vacuum sale!

    Kyle, the world's Youngest Vacuum Cleaners Specialist is intent on creating the first soundless vacuum.

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