I'm very attached to my dear phone, but it's getting up in years. We've discussed retirement and came to the conclusion that October would be a good time. I almost had to grant worker's comp. when it had a fall on the job and broke open a hinge. Thanks to Krazy Glue, that problem was solved. (I dr
opped it in the airport in New York... Krazy Glue saved the day again!)In honor of Krazy Glue, a brief history:
Harry Coover accidentally discovered cyanoacrylate, the substance in Krazy Glue, on two different occasions: first when trying to create a see-through plastic for gun sights during World War II and then years later, in 1951, when at Kodak attempting to develop a heat-resistant polymer for jet canopies. Both times the new substance was too sticky for his needs. Kodak marketed it in 1958 as an all-purpose, supersticky glue. In Vietnam, medics used it to save lives, sealing cuts before injured soldiers reached a hospital.
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