A fan attachment for a frill press to blow the chips away. A vaned cylinder that could be attached over the chuck should do the job.
By Bill Corney, Dearborn, Mich.
September 1958
October 2022
Illuminated electric razors. Built-in lights would make it a lot easier to get a clean shave in bathrooms where the only lighting is overhead.
By H.L.Linenberger, Bastrop, Texas
September 1958
Decals of wood knots to cover nailheads in knotty-pine paneling. Toenailing at the tongue may be inadequate, and surface nailing can be ugly.
By J.G.McGowan, Springdale, Conn.
September 1958
When you search for wood knot decals on Amazon you don’t get anything remotely close to the idea above, however, you do get these, and personally, I think they look pretty cool!
A horizontal tire rack beneath the car so the spare would serve as a pneumatic bumper. To free the tire, you’d unlock the rack and slide it out.
By E.L.Gallini, Springfield, Mass.
September 1958
While I think the tire as a kind of pneumatic bumper is a great idea in itself, it’s not the best-looking of solutions. Would possibly be a great solution for helping protect the rear of the car though!
These days though, when you think of horizontal tire racks I think something like this from Amazon is more likely to spring to mind…
Short-range radio sirens on fire trucks and ambulances. A howling signal transmitted over car radios would override loud-playing programs.
By Bob Dupwe, Russelville, Ark.
September 1958
I had a friend who told me a secret about a girl he liked.
Later, he turned out to be a backstabbing moron.
So when I was about 8 I leaked his secret all over our school (150 children were there)
Ignore them, give them the silent treatment.
They will freak out.
Give them creepy smiles like something thing is going to happen. When nothing is actually happening. That will give you a laugh, but not actually getting into that full cycle of revenge.
By Abby
I heard this story from a boyfriend.
His girl left him and moved out. On the way out she took one of his work boots.
This drove him crazy looking for his left boot, finally, after a week or two, he purchased a new pair of work boots.
But he kept an eye out and six months later they ran into each other and she came for dinner.
The night ended in a fight. So the next morning he was once again missing a work boot.
The girl had cleverly taken the left boot once again leaving him with two right boots, so he still couldn’t make a pair with the ones left behind.
It drove him nuts looking for both of them. He found out from a mutual friend what had happened a month later, but it made him crazy for almost a year.
Brilliant of her!!
By Kim