Not a thing. Someone referred to it somewhere and I thought the article was interesting. Had no idea there were so many types. So I thought I’d share
the site. Did you look it up??
Probably at home. In my crib. Can’t access it , too.
I use paper clip to clip my bangs when I need to put on my headset.
Had a boy in class once who tore his pants. Was so embarrassed. I can sew (made costumes for plays) but had no thread at the time.
So we paperclipped his pants shut. Still got a ribbing however which embarrassed him terrifically. Was funny, but sad for him.
I use a paper clip chain looped around the back of my head to pin my ears back, so that I won’t look like a nerd on a webcam. I have to be careful not to turn my head, and some say I have a strange stare.
People do tend to stare at me on buses though…... I just laugh. Shrilly. I always seem to be able to find a spare seat.
Matt Boytim writes: “My buddy and I were students in the early 80’s. We commuted to school and parked in a lot with meters. Being poor college students we were interested in feeding the meters with something other than money, and we had heard that you could use ‘paper clips’. Of course, this made no sense to us until my buddy bought a box of Nifty Clips. We put a Nifty Clip in the dime slot of the meter, and a penny in the nickel slot, and wind the meter up to 4 hours. This worked because the nifty clip was slightly bigger in diameter than a dime and acted as a spring. It would compress to fit through the dime slot and once through would expand to engage the timer when you turned the knob. The penny was needed, I guess, because something solid had to be in one of the coin slots. We went to get more clips from an office supply store. When we paid, the guy said, ‘So these things still work in the parking meters.’ We did this for about two years, until they raised the price of parking and removed the dime and nickel slot. If you really care I can tell you what we did after that, but it had nothing to do with Nifty Clips.”
Matt Boytim writes: “My buddy and I were students in the early 80’s. We commuted to school and parked in a lot with meters. Being poor college students we were interested in feeding the meters with something other than money, and we had heard that you could use ‘paper clips’. Of course, this made no sense to us until my buddy bought a box of Nifty Clips. We put a Nifty Clip in the dime slot of the meter, and a penny in the nickel slot, and wind the meter up to 4 hours. This worked because the nifty clip was slightly bigger in diameter than a dime and acted as a spring. It would compress to fit through the dime slot and once through would expand to engage the timer when you turned the knob. The penny was needed, I guess, because something solid had to be in one of the coin slots. We went to get more clips from an office supply store. When we paid, the guy said, ‘So these things still work in the parking meters.’ We did this for about two years, until they raised the price of parking and removed the dime and nickel slot. If you really care I can tell you what we did after that, but it had nothing to do with Nifty Clips.”
I use a paper clip chain looped around the back of my head to pin my ears back, so that I won’t look like a nerd on a webcam. I have to be careful not to turn my head, and some say I have a strange stare.
People do tend to stare at me on buses though…... I just laugh. Shrilly. I always seem to be able to find a spare seat.
Is there any wonder as to why???
I’ve seen a picture of you, and I did not see any paperclips, however.
Matt Boytim writes: “My buddy and I were students in the early 80’s. We commuted to school and parked in a lot with meters. Being poor college students we were interested in feeding the meters with something other than money, and we had heard that you could use ‘paper clips’. Of course, this made no sense to us until my buddy bought a box of Nifty Clips. We put a Nifty Clip in the dime slot of the meter, and a penny in the nickel slot, and wind the meter up to 4 hours. This worked because the nifty clip was slightly bigger in diameter than a dime and acted as a spring. It would compress to fit through the dime slot and once through would expand to engage the timer when you turned the knob. The penny was needed, I guess, because something solid had to be in one of the coin slots. We went to get more clips from an office supply store. When we paid, the guy said, ‘So these things still work in the parking meters.’ We did this for about two years, until they raised the price of parking and removed the dime and nickel slot. If you really care I can tell you what we did after that, but it had nothing to do with Nifty Clips.”
Strangely I’ve heard of that being done before, as well as using them to unlock doors.
