Okay, I know this breaks about 4 different regulation… but have you seen The Wire??
~NSHA
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Getting Around Neighborhood Association Rules
Nov. 1, 2011
Don’t Play Slug Bug While Working
Oct. 31, 2011
Bad Idea: Playing Slug Bug with your road-painting partner.
Horrible Idea: Playing Slug Bug with your co-pilot.
~NSHA
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At Least It’s Nice and Colorful
Jun. 7, 2011
If only this were in 1960s San Francisco, it would be perfectly camouflaged. ~Not-So-Handy Andy
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Historical Thursday: Tense Situations
Aug. 12, 2010
Being one who often makes mistakes whilst typing, I am more than appreciative of the ability to correct these mistakes. In 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham came up with a solution to literally cover up these errors that is still used in offices today.
Fortunately for all involved, Bette Nesmith Graham wasn’t the greatest typist, and made some mistakes whilst typing and needed to correct them. Also keep in mind typewriters at the time were not able to erase errors, thusly she was required to improvise.
Bette Nesmith Graham put some tempera waterbased paint, colored to match the stationery she used, in a bottle and took her watercolor brush to the office. She used this to correct her typing mistakes… her boss never noticed. Soon another secretary saw the new invention and asked for some of the correcting fluid. Graham found a green bottle at home, wrote “Mistake Out” on a label, and gave it to her friend. Soon all the secretaries in the building were asking for some, too.
Eventually she started a company in 1956. There are a variety of companies that manufacture products similar to Liquid Paper: Tipp-Ex, Wite-Out, and Pentel. However, none of those companies had a son who was not only in the seminal pop group The Monkees, but also perhaps most importantly, produced the classic film Repo Man.
Inspired by: Seth
Information courtesy:Inventors.about.com and Wikipedia
Images courtesy: Fast Company, Motelwest and Affordable Housing Institue
As always, if YOU have an idea for a future Historical Thursday, please email it to me at thereifixedit@gmail.com.
Favorite Comment: Pennyforth said, “There are about fifty bajillion teens and preteens out there who read about this and thought, ‘Why didn’t she just use Backspace or Delete…’
Dang kids.”
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Wonder If They Painted Each Wire Individually
Apr. 6, 2010
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Ah, the wild camouflaging Wire Tangle. I thought they’d gone extinct. – Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Fixer MacGyver says, “Only adults are capable of changing their coloration to match the surroundings – the juveniles will retain their black coats (suited for hiding in dark corners) for another year.”
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Ah The Wiring Chameleon In Its Natural Habitat
Mar. 3, 2010
Submitted by: SevenWonders via <a href='http://thereifixedit.com/submit’ rel=’nofollow’>Submit a Kludge!
Favorite Comment: Fixer dono1 deftly lampoons us all with, “Uh…
First!
Nahh.
“Day 539- The zombies are closing in but I managed to…”
Nahh.
“The elusive wire snake in it’s natural habitat slowly…”
Nahh.
Totally Photoshopped. I mean, look at the way the pixels in the…
Nahh.
“Even though it’s revolting, I bet the carpenter got a charge out of…”
Nahh.
“This must be the work of the same guy that did last week’s kludge with the Altoid box and the…”
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“Visit my site to read my newly published story, “Ragnarok.””
Nah.
Okay. I got nothing.”
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Clever Painter Now Has Steady Employment
Feb. 9, 2010
Submitted by: dunno source via Submit a Kludge!
Favorite Comment: Fixer Stevo says, “Now we can watch paint drying AND grass growing, at the same time!”
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What Happens If He Only Breaks A Leg?
Jan. 19, 2010
Submitted by: Mark Cushman – it is my own photo of me via Submit a Kludge!
Favorite Comment: Fixer CaffeineAddict says, “If he breaks a leg, he’ll just get his friends to plaster it…”
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Zebras Be Expensive Yo
Oct. 22, 2009
Submitted By: Jeff
Editor’s Note: Wow, the comments are hopping on this one. For those that are interested the backstory for this can be found by clicking here. Thanks to all the Fixers who posted that link in the comments. Also, I scrounged up some video footage for you!
-Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Fixer dono1 says, “So, a zebra breaks out of the zoo and she finds her way to a farm. She goes up to a big fat weird brown thing and says, “Hi, I’m a zebra. What are you?” “I’m a cow.” “And what do you do?” “I give the farmer milk.” Then she goes up to a funny looking little white thing and says,”Hi, I’m a zebra. What are you?” “I’m a chicken.” “And what do you do?” “I lay eggs for the farmer.” Then the zebra goes up to a very handsome beast that looks almost exactly like her but without the stripes. She runs over to it and says, “Hi, I’m a zebra. What are you?” “I’m a stallion” says the stallion. “Wow!” says the zebra, “and what do you do?” “Take off those pajamas, darling, and I’ll show you.”
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