Friday, March 28, 2014

I Can See You, You Can't See Me

  If I could have the ability to either be invisible or fly, I would choose invisibility, personally. I am not saying that flying would not be amazing, but invisibility has much more utilitarian uses. If I had to travel someplace that is far away, I could go invisible and sneak onto a jet. All of a persons financial problems are now nigh. A person would be able to "find themselves" in a bank vault. They could steal all the money they need, and get out unnoticed. The one problem with that plan is the lack of transference of invisibility. People can not see the thief, but they can see the floating stacks of cash. This drawback dose pose an advantage in another field: revenge. If somebody robs or emotionally scars the unseen wonder, they can tail the assailant back to their homes, destroy and disrupt their surroundings, and cause emotional mayhem.

Friday, March 7, 2014

Desperate Times.....

  A time I had to use drastic measures to solve a problem was when the family car was stuck in the driveway because of snow. The car was completely unresponsive. Any attempt to move the car up the driveway or onto the street was fruitless. Our Chrysler Town and Country was sitting on a platform composed of a foot of an ice and snow mix. My father and I tried digging the car out, which did not work at all. We also got semi-boiling water to melt the Snow. That worked at first, but hot water freezes faster than cold, and we ended up with more ice. Our final solutionn to the winter problem was to do a seesaw tybe apparatus to lift the car off. We built a simple balance and gathered cinderblocks and logs from the back yard. We had almost two-hundred pounds of cinder blocks as well as our combined strength. We applied an extra hot water layer on the back tires for backward movement. We told my mom to hit the gas. My father and I pushed with the power of a thousand burning suns and hoisted the car off the wintry mix. After that mishap, my family went out and bought copious amounts of rock salt.