Monday, June 18, 2018

Two Great Inventions


      More Letters From Paradise
        Two Great Inventions
"Caller ID" I am sure we all agree, is a wonderful thing. We can now decide to answer the caller, or not. If the message is important enough, they will leave a message.
It must be difficult for people today to understand, when I tell them that our Lutheran Church was able to start two other churches by using telephone evangelism.

As I now remember, it worked this way. Church members who were interested in participating, were given a script to read.  Telephone numbers following the alphabet, were chosen. Calls were made in the early evening. Persons answering the phone were asked a series of questions such as "Do you belong to a church?" If not, the caller would invite them to a social gathering for discussion and refreshments. After some 200 positive calls, a nucleus say some 50 people would decide to form a new church. Two new churches were born this way. This would clearly be impossible today due to "Caller ID."

The second great invention is the 16 inch high toilet. Much easier to get on and off. After many years of the standard toilet this size is a great relief. (joke intended) I imagine the old standard size toilet was made to help toilet train children.

Here in Hawaii, the Japanese seem to favor a model called a "Toto" toilet. This model remains standard size but with additions such as a heated seat, and features spray, both behind and front. Fairly expensive, but people using the "Toto" toilet seem to really enjoy using it.    
 
    Aloha
    Grant

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