Growing up on a farm forces one to be able to adapt and fix just about everything with not much of anything. I used to say, “get me some baling wire and chewing gum, I’ll get it to work.” Obviously I’d of preferred masking tape but that hadn’t been developed just yet.
Anyhow, I basically had been ‘inventing’ since I was pre-teen as I put different items together to get the lawn mower to cut; the Model A to run; the feed troughs to not leak; well, most everything that wears out or breaks all the time.
I didn’t actually ‘invent’ the first product I put on the market. It just sort of came to me after listening to my school teacher wife and our friend, an airline stewardess.
“I can believe how many pair of nylons I go through a week just getting to my classroom.” My wife was explaining to our airline friend at dinner one evening.