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READERS' USES
NUMBERS 71 TO 101
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These came in by e-mail since the page went up in August. Thank you, everybody. I put them in the order they got here. A couple of you sent in things that were already on my list, and one fellow sent in forty uses that were all "holding things together." True, but I needed a little more to go on.


 FROM ALL OVER
  1. Holding my sewing patterns flat on the table when the cat keeps jumping up. — Shirley, Bay City
  2. Keeping the lid on the button tin. Sixty years of buttons in there. They want out. — Shirley again
  3. Patching the bottom of the recycling bin so the pop cans quit escaping down the driveway. — Wesley, Lansing
  4. Laying out a four-square court for the kids on the driveway. Chalk washes off. Tape doesn't. — Thomas, Kalamazoo
  5. Holding the rabbit ears on the basement TV at the one angle that gets the ballgame. — Thomas again
  6. Sealing the gap under the back door in January. The draft is gone. So is the door, practically. — Homer, Toledo, Ohio
  7. Taping two bingo daubers together so I can do two cards at once. Undefeated since June. — Mary, Grand Rapids
  8. Holding the handle on my cherry bucket during picking. Same bucket since 1971. — Donna, Traverse City
  9. Fixing the hymn number board at church when the hook broke. Pastor didn't notice for a month. — Effie, Fort Wayne, Indiana
  10. Patching the seat on the riding mower. Now it's gray and green. Very stylish. — Sam, Saginaw
  11. Holding my family's pictures up inside my wall locker. — John, with the Army in Germany
  12. Keeping the recipe box shut so nobody finds Grandma's pie crust card. — Carol, Pontiac
  13. Wrapping the handle of the ice auger so your hands don't freeze to it. — Ralph, Alpena
  14. Holding the side mirror on the Buick until I can get out to the junkyard. — Alan, Detroit
  15. Putting my kids' names inside their snow boots so the right pair comes home. — Janet, Owosso
  16. Patching the hole in the roof of my ice shanty. Keeps the snow out and the stories in. — Francis, Escanaba
  17. Putting my name on my hard hat. — Dean, Flint
    (Dean works in my building. Dean is also on second shift. I think we just solved #64. — Jerry)
  18. Holding the window fan together through August. It's Texas. The fan is family. — Kimberly, Houston
  19. Taping the snow brush to a broom handle so I can reach the roof of the van. — Anthony, Buffalo, New York
  20. Fixing the handle on my granddaughter's wagon, twice. — Arlene, Lapeer
  21. A Tin Man costume for my husband for a Halloween party. He was the hit of the night. He also couldn't sit down all night. — Susan, Midland
  22. Holding my dorm room together. The futon too. The futon mostly. — Noah, Ann Arbor
  23. Taping my son's mittens to his coat sleeves so they come home from school. — Jason, Marquette
  24. Sealing the container of nightcrawlers in the fridge so my wife wouldn't find it. She found it. — Jimmy, Cheboygan

 FROM THE KIDS
  1. I made a purse for my friend's birthday, gray with red stripes. She uses it every day!! — Melissa, 13, Ohio
  2. Holding the lid of my Discman shut. The latch broke but it still plays. — Travis, 15, Michigan
  3. Fixing the strap on my soccer shin guard for the rest of the season. — Luke, 15, Indiana
  4. I made a hat. It is gray. My mom says I can't wear it to church. — Brian, 11, Michigan

 FROM THE FAMILY
  1. Taping over the note on the kitchen calendar that says "JERRY: GUTTER," because it's been there since May and I'm tired of looking at it. — Pam, my wife
    (I'll get to it. — Jerry)
  2. Holding our fourth-place trophy back together after I dropped it in the parking lot. — Brandon, the driver
  3. Wrapping pipe threads. No, wait. That's the other tape. Put it on the list anyway. — my brother, of Kuhlman Plumbing

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Last updated Friday, September 24, 1999