Paperclips
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I just picked up a paper clip from my desk and bent it into a neat little open-sided square. It then occurred to me, that I don't think I've ever used a paper clip for its intended purpose. I've fashioned all sorts of useful things out of paper clips, but never once have I used one to hold pieces of paper together! Here's a few things I've made recently from paper clips. I'm sure there are plenty of other uses... - Tool to eject stuck CD/DVD's from the drive (#1 use, right there!) - Many different forms of hooks, from Xmas tree decorations to cube-wall hooks. - Screw holders for holding small screws in hard-to-reach places. Once the thread has started to bite, you can simply unhook the paperclip. - temperature probe holder - modern art
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I remember reading some pseudo-serious research somewhere (by an office supplies company, I think) that concluded that only about 1% of paper clips are ever used for clipping paper. I think I could have told them that (and used the research money for something useful).
Phil
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I just picked up a paper clip from my desk and bent it into a neat little open-sided square. It then occurred to me, that I don't think I've ever used a paper clip for its intended purpose. I've fashioned all sorts of useful things out of paper clips, but never once have I used one to hold pieces of paper together! Here's a few things I've made recently from paper clips. I'm sure there are plenty of other uses... - Tool to eject stuck CD/DVD's from the drive (#1 use, right there!) - Many different forms of hooks, from Xmas tree decorations to cube-wall hooks. - Screw holders for holding small screws in hard-to-reach places. Once the thread has started to bite, you can simply unhook the paperclip. - temperature probe holder - modern art
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I just picked up a paper clip from my desk and bent it into a neat little open-sided square. It then occurred to me, that I don't think I've ever used a paper clip for its intended purpose. I've fashioned all sorts of useful things out of paper clips, but never once have I used one to hold pieces of paper together! Here's a few things I've made recently from paper clips. I'm sure there are plenty of other uses... - Tool to eject stuck CD/DVD's from the drive (#1 use, right there!) - Many different forms of hooks, from Xmas tree decorations to cube-wall hooks. - Screw holders for holding small screws in hard-to-reach places. Once the thread has started to bite, you can simply unhook the paperclip. - temperature probe holder - modern art
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Miszou wrote:
I'm sure there are plenty of other uses...
had to google... :) Top 33 Things To Do With A Paperclip[^]
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I've heard that you can hold extremely short hand-rolled "cigarettes" with such a device too. Not that I've done that, I'm just sayin', you know. I read it on the internet or something, right?
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I believe the word you are looking for is doobie. I'm intimately familiar with it as it's the nick name for my dog. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
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I just picked up a paper clip from my desk and bent it into a neat little open-sided square. It then occurred to me, that I don't think I've ever used a paper clip for its intended purpose. I've fashioned all sorts of useful things out of paper clips, but never once have I used one to hold pieces of paper together! Here's a few things I've made recently from paper clips. I'm sure there are plenty of other uses... - Tool to eject stuck CD/DVD's from the drive (#1 use, right there!) - Many different forms of hooks, from Xmas tree decorations to cube-wall hooks. - Screw holders for holding small screws in hard-to-reach places. Once the thread has started to bite, you can simply unhook the paperclip. - temperature probe holder - modern art
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101139 Uses[^] The main use[^] (see #128 in extended list above....not to be confused with #129) :laugh:
Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:
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Using round end to de-wax an ear. Straightened and used as toothpick. Nail Cleanser. Used as temporary fix for broken Zip Fly! Magnet adornment. Big one as key ring. Any other uses people?
Dalek Dave wrote:
Using round end to de-wax an ear. Straightened and used as toothpick. Nail Cleanser.
I hope you aren't using it in that order. :~
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->ßRÅhmmÃ<-·´¯`·.
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Very handy for picking locks as well.
Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]
You must write an article on that.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero .·´¯`·->ßRÅhmmÃ<-·´¯`·.
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bah... I've made a scale launchable shuttle from paperclips and string... ;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Using round end to de-wax an ear. Straightened and used as toothpick. Nail Cleanser. Used as temporary fix for broken Zip Fly! Magnet adornment. Big one as key ring. Any other uses people?
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In Norway they are very proud of having invented the Paperclip. If I remember rightly there's even a Paperclip museum somewhere but we never found it.:)
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.
Norway ? I thought it was US or British, and that it was invented on the spot to pay a debt. Or is that a myth ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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101139 Uses[^] The main use[^] (see #128 in extended list above....not to be confused with #129) :laugh:
Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:
Looks like we have a McGuyver moment
All things being equal, tommorrow will never equal today
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Norway ? I thought it was US or British, and that it was invented on the spot to pay a debt. Or is that a myth ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
Ask the next Norwegian you come accross, they have absolutely no doubt. As for the story of the invention itself I never made it to Paperclip museum so I couldn't say.
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
Yeah, but can you make one out of paper[^]?
actually... yes, and a shuttle from star-trek (new and old), dragons, butterflies, fighter planes, and stunt planes, bi-wings, tri-wings, insects, fish, and people. :) Origami is a major hobby. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I just picked up a paper clip from my desk and bent it into a neat little open-sided square. It then occurred to me, that I don't think I've ever used a paper clip for its intended purpose. I've fashioned all sorts of useful things out of paper clips, but never once have I used one to hold pieces of paper together! Here's a few things I've made recently from paper clips. I'm sure there are plenty of other uses... - Tool to eject stuck CD/DVD's from the drive (#1 use, right there!) - Many different forms of hooks, from Xmas tree decorations to cube-wall hooks. - Screw holders for holding small screws in hard-to-reach places. Once the thread has started to bite, you can simply unhook the paperclip. - temperature probe holder - modern art
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Paperclip ? The only tool you'll ever need[^] ;)
Cédric Moonen Software developer
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
Yeah, but can you make one out of paper[^]?
actually... yes, and a shuttle from star-trek (new and old), dragons, butterflies, fighter planes, and stunt planes, bi-wings, tri-wings, insects, fish, and people. :) Origami is a major hobby. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Color me jealous. I've always thought origami was :cool:, but never took the time to learn anything beyond the basic folds. I'm good for a crane and that's about it :-O.
Software Zen:
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Color me jealous. I've always thought origami was :cool:, but never took the time to learn anything beyond the basic folds. I'm good for a crane and that's about it :-O.
Software Zen:
delete this;I may specialize my career, but I do some pretty strange things in life! :) specialization is for insects! :laugh: by the way, the dragons are of my own design, dolphin, and star trek stuff. I graduated into making my own designs for origami in college.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I've heard that you can hold extremely short hand-rolled "cigarettes" with such a device too. Not that I've done that, I'm just sayin', you know. I read it on the internet or something, right?
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In Norway they are very proud of having invented the Paperclip. If I remember rightly there's even a Paperclip museum somewhere but we never found it.:)
Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.
Nei...men jeg synes du har gitt uriktig informasjon.
A Norwegian, Johan Vaaler (1866-1910), has erroneously been identified as the inventor of the paper clip. He was granted patents in Germany (1899) and in the United States (1901) for a paper clip of similar design, but less functional and practical, because it lacked the last turn of the wire. Vaaler probably did not know that a better product was already on the market, although not yet in Norway. His version was never manufactured and never marketed because the superior "Gem" was already available.-Randor (Currently living in Norway!) -
I just picked up a paper clip from my desk and bent it into a neat little open-sided square. It then occurred to me, that I don't think I've ever used a paper clip for its intended purpose. I've fashioned all sorts of useful things out of paper clips, but never once have I used one to hold pieces of paper together! Here's a few things I've made recently from paper clips. I'm sure there are plenty of other uses... - Tool to eject stuck CD/DVD's from the drive (#1 use, right there!) - Many different forms of hooks, from Xmas tree decorations to cube-wall hooks. - Screw holders for holding small screws in hard-to-reach places. Once the thread has started to bite, you can simply unhook the paperclip. - temperature probe holder - modern art
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My favourite use was as an RS232 loop back connector, i.e. jam it between pins 2 and 3. It has saved me hours of time.
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." - Ellen Goodman