NECESSITY IS NOT THE MOTHER OF INVENTION ............I AM.

      WHEN I COULDN'T REACH THE STRING TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS AND/OR FAN ON THE CEILING FIXTURE IN THE LIVING ROOM, I HOOKED A CLOTHES HANGER ON TO A LOOP IN THE STRING, ADDING ENOUGH LENGTH SO I COULD EASILY REACH IT.

      DOESN'T LOOK EXACTLY PROFESSIONAL BUT IT SERVES THE PURPOSE, AND IS QUITE A CONVERSATION PIECE.

      WHEN I NEEDED A SCRATCHING POST FOR PRETTY BOY AND SQUEAK AND NOT HAVING ANY, I FOUND ONE BY ACCIDENT WHEN I LEANED A 2 X 4 AGAINST A KITCHEN WALL AND LATER FOUND THAT THEY WERE USING IT TO SHARPEN THEIR CLAWS.......... ........AND SO I LEFT IT THERE.

      WHEN I NEEDED A SPACE TO MEASURE CHILDREN AS THEY WERE GROWING UP, I BACKED THEM UP AGAINST THE KITCHEN DOOR, THE ONE THAT LED TO THE BACK YARD, HELD A YARD STICK ACROSS THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD AND MARKED THEIR HEIGHT ON THE DOOR, AS WELL AS THE DATE. THIS WAS ALSO DONE TO MEASURE MIKES SHETLAND PONY, TONKA.................

      THE LATEST INVENTION WAS A SHOWER CAP ........ DIANE HAD (WITH MY ERMISSION) THROWN MINE INTO THE GARBAGE. AT ONE TIME A FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAD TWIN BOYS, ONLY HAD ONE BATHING CAP, SO TO THE OTHER TWIN SHE OFFERED AN EMPTY KLEENEX BOX, WHICH HE WAS PERFECTLY CONTENT WEARING ON HIS HEAD AS A BATHING CAP. HOWEVER, A KLEENEX BOX WAS NOT THE SOLUTION FOR ME TO PUT ON AND WEAR INTO THE SHOWER, AND I WAS RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING WATER PROOF TO WEAR ............... OR TO FIND MY OLD SHOWER CAP IN CASE (WHICH WASN'T LIKELY) SHE HAD NOT THROWN IT AWAY.

      DIGGING THROUGH SOME BAGS IN THE BACK ENTRY, I FOUND EXACTLY THE PRODUCT I WAS LOOKING FOR.................

      I WALTZED INTO THE SHOWER WEARING A PLASTIC BAG FROM WALMART !!!!!!

      BEST SHOWER CAP I EVER HAD !