Today, walking back from the grocery store, I saw the absolute coolest construction machine. Unfortunately, I have no idea what it was for because I know nothing about construction. I also didn’t take a picture. I did, however, try and draw it. Turns out, I don’t have a career in drawing construction equipment. Oh well, I’ll cross it off the list.
Seeing the construction sites always makes me curious. Like - how is cement made?
I also wondered: Why does certain pasta float when cooked?
And why, at McGill, is there only carpeting on half of the stairs? Do people not need it going up? Do they not have the budget to pay for the carpet on both sides? Does it cause traffic jams in winter?
I thought, maybe it’s just a Canadian thing, and I don’t understand the culture yet. But, on this same walk, I noticed that other buildings often had carpeting on both sides.
I even noticed exciting innovations, like the battery-powered stairs warmer. It reminded me of my recent invention ideas, which the people around me have repeatedly shot down.
My first was shoes with powerful electric heat warmers on the soles. If warm enough (super hot), I thought these could quickly melt the snow underneath a person’s feet and prevent them from slipping. Plus, I’m sure the heat emitted from underneath would do something to protect your feet inside the shoes.
But, this idea has issues. Melted snow is water, and frozen water is ice. These shoes would make the roads icy, which is even more hazardous. This could be solved by everyone buying them, a worldwide takeover, but then the problem of social inequality is introduced. What about the people who can’t afford my invention? They’d be subjected to a life of walking on dangerously icy roads.
If everyone bought these shoes, there would also be a significant uptick in electricity use, as the people wearing them would have to charge them every so often. Plus, I’m sure they couldn’t be great for the environment.
Then, I thought of electric earmuffs, but apparently, those have already been invented. God, if I had been born in the 1200s, I could have come up with so much great stuff.
I also noticed these trees wrapped in the same plastic as often found around Christmas trees.
I’d assumed that the purpose of this plastic was to create space, so the Christmas tree farmers and sellers could transport them easily, but that didn’t make sense in this context. I tried looking it up, but the first results were all about protecting the tree from the sun and ice, which I don’t see how this would do, considering all of the holes.
LMK.
-Violet
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