Over The Edge - "Creative Problem-Solving for Amateurs "

If you have been reading my columns for a while, you know by now that many times my misadventures have been a result of my “creative” methods of tackling problems. Even as a young child, I always looked for more interesting ways to accomplish tasks. I remember one of my early inventions was a series of lawn rakes tied together that I planned to use to triple the amount of pine straw I could collect in every swoop of the rake. Unfortunately, once tied together, the rakes would have required a 275-pound man to drag them anywhere. Thus, the invention of a huge labor-saving device was thwarted.

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