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This
month we’re offering you a free, all-expenses paid trip to
"Gadgetland,"
and you don’t even have to be a winning Super Bowl quarterback.
The device facing the glare and scrutiny of the "Guess
What"
spotlight is something most of us can live without - but if we
decided to live
with it we may not live longer because of it. Confusing? It’s
meant to be.
The
base is cast
iron with a stippled
black paint
finish, the flat sliding horizontal raised rail is plated (for
easy gliding motion) and so is the
square box (which
moves back
and forth). There is an elogated opening on top with a moveable
sliding cover -activated by
a side lever working it open and closed.
This box is balanced and guided on a rod that starts out solid -
becoming hollow...with a diagonally cut painted end to the
shaft. All this to fulfill a simple
vice-like craving? We forgot to mention the size: 9" wide
by 3" deep
by 2½" high. The box is 3¼" wide by 3" deep by
1¼" high.
The
manfacturer stamped the name "CLIPPER" across the top
- which seems to have no special significance. If it did, do you
think we would have
mentioned it? Too many clues, and you wouldn’t need us. The
patent number puts
it between 1943-44. We’ll
concede that you fill or load it with something you you later
eject. The monthly
challenge is to figure out what and to what purpose.
Here
are some fetched and not so far-fetched possibilities: 1)
seed packets, 2)
hour glasses, 3) bean bags, 4) jelly donuts, 5) mini salt
& pepper containers, 6) sugar envelope, 7) shot gun shells,
8) dental
amalgum gun, 9) ice cream sprinkles sprayer. Oops,
we ran out of space! Wouldn’t you know - the answer was
number ten.
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or short hand notes or material in the roller, with the
cross-bar holding
it in position to prevent it from
curling, folding or flopping down making it
difficult to see and read for transcribing.