SO MY CUP WILL NOT RUNNETH OVER!

       SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25th, 2020

 SO MY CUP WILL NOT RUNNETH OVER!

  It's amazing, when you stop to think about

so many little things we take for granted. When

I got in the car yesterday I just automatically put

my soda can in the cup holder. Suddenly, for some

,reason, I  recalled my Dad's 1950 Buick. It had

just about every extra available at the time. But

it didn't have cup holders! When cars first became

the standard form of transportation they were a

little too shaky to even think about bringing a

beverage along for the ride. When shocks and

springs improved the ride a couple manufactures

included two little circular indentations in the

glove compartment door where you could place

cups. Great for when you were parked. But not

very practical on the road. Next there were window

devices for your soda or coffee. They didn't work

out all that well when opening and shutting the

doors! Finally somebody came up with the idea

of building cup holders into the center console. 

Even those have evolved over the years as the size

and shapes of cups and beverage containers have

changed. So while those folks who design sky

scrappers, and bridges deserve our respect, let's

lift a toast to the folks who design those cup holders

we seldom think about but use nearly every day!

Hope you're well and that all your NEWS is good!