October 20, 2003

• Blocks

  When I went up to Northwestern University’s boathouse for one of the MCSA regattas, I was delighted to find some creative ways to use blocks.

  
  The contraption made to keep the door between
  the main office and the storage area closed.

  The yellow thing is a 5-lb weight, I believe. That’s a row of windsurfing booms hanging in the background.

  Northwestern was a very good host. We were invited to one of their places for the welcoming party. One thing I wasn’t able to get a picture of was another contraption made with blocks and some lengths of PVC pipe that made a handy pot holder that you could raise and lower from the ceiling. Now that’s creative!

  Here’s a rough sketch of what it looked like:

  
  Obviously a sailor’s potholder

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