Inventions, and Inventors.  They intrigue me to all get-out.  I think it is…. well…. ingenious….. how some things were created.  There are a gazillions things we take for granted, but at some point in history, someone had to look at a certain thing (or situation), and think….  “Well, by golly, there just HAS to be a better way.”  Then they thought up that new best way.

Consider…. fire hose connectors, door stops, down spouts, and bike seats….. WHO did these?  When, and why?  There are a boat load, I’ll tell you.  A boat load.  Like erasers, eye glasses, stapler removers, and rivets.  It goes on and on.

My brother and sister-in-law just gave me a present… a t-shirt….. which shows many of the things that were invented in Dayton, Ohio.  It depicts a number of Dayton-specific innovations……..  like pop-top cans, parachutes, automobile self-starters, gas masks, step ladders, airplanes, and movie projectors.  Yes sirrrrreeeee….. all conceived in Dayton, Ohio.

Which then made me think……. “Hey ya. Hi ya.  Ho ya. I was INVENTED in Dayton, Ohio!” Probably, on or around, July 25th or so….. about 5 decades back.   Probably not because my parents were looking for a better way to create a child (there were six perfectly good kids which preceded me)…. they were probably just feeling frisky.

The patent for me is there too.  Issued 9 months later.  Maybe not as good as the down spout, but I can be useful from time to time.

“Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried” – Thomas Jefferson