Word: nonslip
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rungs that are relatively far apart. "If dresses get long again," says a company spokesman, "we can always change ladders." A more far-reaching chore is that of doing something about bathtubs, which might make a lot more sense if they were equipped with reclining backs, more handholds and nonslip surfaces. The number of man-hours that anthropometric professionals have spent inside experimental bathtubs is incalculable, but bathroom plumbing has generally resisted comfort-making changes in design...
Tubs are now fit for no one. They should be longer and contoured to the bather's body. More hand holds and a nonslip surface are needed to reduce accidents. Since washing in dirty water is a poor way to get clean, hand sprays are proposed to allow bathers to step out of the tub completely cleansed...
...knock out half his teeth with one kick. On horseback, the roper must run down and lasso the charging calf-then leap from his horse, wrestle the infuriated animal onto its side, loop three of its legs together with a "pigging string" and finish off his handiwork with a nonslip "hooey" knot. The race is against time (experts can do the whole job in 15 sec. or less), and it requires exquisite teamwork between the cowpoke and his mount (Will Rogers once remarked that a good roper owes 75% of his success to his horse). Rodeo ropers pay as much...
...roper's ribs with one kick. The roper races against time: on horseback, he must run down and lasso a charging calf, jump off his horse, wrestle the calf on its side, loop three of its legs with a "pigging string," and finish off his handiwork with a nonslip "hooey" hitch. Expert ropers can do it all in ten seconds or less...