Today on
Modern Mechanix we look at these 1929 plans for
tiny cars that are only 60" long and weigh roughly 600 pounds. Designed to be small and light enough to be loaded onto airplanes of the era these cars came in a shipping crate that also served as parking garage. At some point after the publication of this 1924 Popular Mechanic piece about
vocational school training for workers, someone must have realized that making craftsmen wear neckties in a shop full of machines that spin and cut is a really bad idea. We also looked at a record breaking
diesel car, an "ultra-modern" office from 1932 that is crammed with all sizes of
microphones and speakers, a looping
carnival ride, a marketing gimmick involving a 150 foot tall
pile of tires and a brief article about the death defying tricks performed by aerial
stunt men. I love the ghostly image of death used to imply that the fairly mild stunts shown are really, really dangerous.
Today on Modern Mechanix we look at these 1929 plans for tiny cars that are only 60" long and weigh roughly 600 pounds. Designed to be small and light enough to be loaded onto airplanes of the era these cars came in a shipping crate that also served as parking garage. At some point after the publication of this 1924 Popular Mechanic piece about vocational school training for workers, someone must have realized that making craftsmen wear neckties in a shop full of machines that spin and cut is a really bad idea. We also looked at a record breaking diesel car, an "ultra-modern" office from 1932 that is crammed with all sizes of microphones and speakers, a looping carnival ride, a marketing gimmick involving a 150 foot tall pile of tires and a brief article about the death defying tricks performed by aerial stunt men. I love the ghostly image of death used to imply that the fairly mild stunts shown are really, really dangerous.
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I used to work in a print shop that made its employees wear ties around all the spinning press roles in 1995.
In order to counter the shop breaking the OSHA laws we had to break an other law to keep ourselves safe.
We started carrying Switchblade Knives so that we could quickly cut the neckties to save our own lives.
Finally the owner witnessed a printers tie getting caught and was going to fire the guy for "carrying a weapon to work". If it weren't for that "weapon" the owner's policy would have killed that man.
I still remember the look on the owner's face as we said that we all had Switchblades and room of seven workers all peacefully opened our knives about the same time.
The Necktie Policy didn't even last until quitting time.