Did anyone else’s grandmother have one of those built in trash compactors in the kitchen?

We had one growing up. It lived until about ten years ago. When it died, my parents just put a garbage can in its place.

Had one in my house along with the in wall vacuum system

We had one in the 90s, see them every once in a while still

Still everywhere in Europe. They are required to use them by their trash nazis

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Had one in my house along with the in wall vacuum system

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Same. The trash compactor long outlived the vacuum system. My mom hated the vacuum system and preferred the regular vacuum.

Those little plugs around the house for the vacuum hose to connect to were always go to Easter egg hiding spots.

My grandma still has one

No. The closest she came to it was mashing the trash in the can down with her foot to be able to fit more in. Trash bags cost money ya know.

We had one well into the 90’s.

We had one in our previous house less than four years ago.

The previous owners claimed they were going to put in a wine fridge once it died. That was probably close to 10 years ago. We lived there five years, and it worked like a charm. It wasn’t our primary trash can. We used it for things like empty cereal and cracker boxes. Bulky items that would crush easily.

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am I supposed to feel guilty or something.

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Nah. I suppose someone will call you ‘poor’ though.