Episode 874
July 16, 2009 Conair CleanHead Groomer
The Conair CleanHead Groomer should come in handy for Dick, as long as he doesn't mistake it for the Mitey Mixer (Episode 870) and try it on his nose again.
The High Line Park
When Dick went to Chelsea Piers to try out the Axius/Zeus Propulsion System (Episode 873), he took the opportunity to visit the High Line Park. The High Line used to be a railroad in Manhattan which originally ran at street level but was later elevated because of accidents. It became mainly a freight line and ran through a lot of the warehouses along the river dropping off freight along the way. It fell into desuetude and was going to be dismantled, until a group campaigned for its survival. It has now been turned into an elevated park. Dick has taken some photos which you can find in his Smugmug gallery.
The Flowbee
Another self-help hair-cutter is the Flowbee that trims your hair and and sucks it away with a vacuum cleaner. Leo prefers his neighbour Felice who cuts Leo's and Henry's hair in her garage.
Zoetropes
Talk of Early Choices (Episode 841) reminded loyal fan Mike Troiano of a visit to a furniture store in Jamaica which had the coolest lamp. It was a train lamp with a heat-activated zoetrope which, when the lamp lit up and warmed up, tricked your eyes into seeing images of a train moving through mountains and deserts. Now the most remarkable thing about this letter is how Early Choices, a toilet seat for young children, managed to trigger memory of a train lamp.
This in turn triggers Dick's memory of the train zoetropes he saw in his younger days, and reminds Leo of Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope.
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