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Have you seen the Pioneers of American Industrial Design stamps issued by the US Post Office last June? I am totally in love with them. Maybe because the sleek modern lines – with a few art deco flourishes here and there – soothe my soul. Or maybe because the Fiestaware pitchers, the black rotary dial phone, and the box camera stir up the kind of sweet childhood memories I like to carry around with me the older I get. Whatever the reason, I’m toying with the idea of purchasing a lifetime supply of these new Forever stamps.<\/p>\n
The stamps also got me thinking about a new Forever Stamp idea. I settled upon a collection of household innovations developed during the lifetime of Baby Boomers. The featured items in that category will be near and dear to anyone – male or female – born since 1950 (give or take a few years) who’s in charge of making a house run smoothly. Here are the innovations on my top ten list.<\/p>\n
Top Ten Household Innovations<\/strong><\/p>\n 10.\u00a0\u00a0 Automatic car lock fobs – While these are not actually in the house, anyone who has And now, for the top household innovation since 1960…..<\/p>\n 1. DOUBLE ROLL TOILET PAPER – Need I say more?<\/p>\n That’s my top ten list. But, let’s go for the top twenty. Leave a comment to add your favorite household innovation since 1960.<\/p>\n This is gonna be fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you seen the Pioneers of American Industrial Design stamps issued by the US Post Office last June? I am totally in love with them. Maybe because the sleek modern lines – with a few art deco flourishes here and there – soothe my soul. Or maybe because the Fiestaware pitchers, the black rotary dial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1344,1343,1342,1345,1346,912,1341,1339,1340],"class_list":["post-3352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life","tag-baby-boomers","tag-fiestaware","tag-forever-stamps","tag-housekeeping","tag-innovation","tag-pampered-chef","tag-post-office","tag-post-it","tag-tupperware"],"yoast_head":"\n
\ntried to use a key to lock a car while carrying groceries knows it belongs on the list.
\n9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Liquid hand soap for the home – How come it took so long for this one to move from
\nschools, rest stops, and gas station bathrooms to the home?
\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baby carrots – No explanation needed on this one.
\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stackable washer and dryer – Again, why did this take so long?
\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reusable grocery bags – I know, Europeans have been using these for decades, but
\nthe bags took a long time to get across the pond. If the Beatles had used them on
\nthe Ed Sullivan show in the early 1960s, plastic grocery bags might never have been
\ninvented.
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pampered Chef nut chopper – No explanation needed on this one, either.
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pampered Chef and\/or Tupperware can openers – I’m not endorsing Pampered Chef,
\nbut these can openers have prevented cuts from the jagged metal piece left by
\ntraditional can openers, they make the list.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Self-stick stamps – No, I didn’t add this one to ingratiate myself with the Post Office
\ncome stamp selection time. But, eery time I plop a self-stick stamp on an envelope, I
\nremember the horrid taste of the gummed stamps that required a quick lick to stick
\nand offer a prayer of thanks.
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0 Post-It Notes – Love ’em.<\/p>\n