Have you seen office furniture that has 5 wheels? How about those IV stands that you get in the hospital?

They never, repeat NEVER roll in a straight line. You tug them, pull them, get your toes banged, run into walls…..ARG !!!!!!

I use a rolling office chair for computer business. I have mashed my toes, banged my ankles, hit the table legs under the table, tried to scoot from one place to another. It is very frustrating. Why 5 wheels? 4 wheels seemed to work just fine. When in the hospital, the IV stand wouldn’t go where I needed it to go. Having to visit the bathroom became a nightmare. Considering that the hospital pumped me full of fluids, that was quite often. The IV stand caused so much trouble, that I carried it !! That was the only way that I could get access to the bathroom. NO JOY at all.

The person who created the 5 wheel stand should be forced to use only items with 5 wheels to see the curse that he has given to humanity.

No, I’m not talking about messing with a court room jury. I’m talking about finding a way to make something work without necessarily following the exact rules of repair.

I imagine that we’ve all done that at one time or another. A coat hanger for a TV antenna is a good example of jury rigging. I’ve heard it called many things over the years, some of which I will not speak of. Sideways engineering is another moniker for jury rigging. Either way, it is sometimes a shortcut to getting something to work, or even the only available choice when there aren’t the needed parts around. My husband and I have learned many different ways to accomplish repairs when there is a lack of money.

One place we lived had bad TV reception…therefore the coat hanger. Although he found that a bicycle rim hanging on the wall worked in a very satisfying manner. He told me that old spring mattresses flung onto a roof usually worked better. I imagine that the neighbors didn’t like it though.

Oh well, here’s to improvisation. Many inventions came about today because of need, or just plain jury rigging.