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<blockquote data-quote="Snattlerake" data-source="post: 4170734" data-attributes="member: 44288"><p>In high school I got tired of chopping ice at the pond so the cows could drink. I took a lawn mower blade, welded it to a pipe, cut a barrel in half, and welded the two halves to the brackets I made for them to attach to the pipe, added some bearings from an old Ford hub, added bracing and stuck it into the pond. Poof! Instant pond stirring device. </p><p></p><p>I showed it to my Ag teacher, and he had all the farm kids making them for their farms. Then he had me put it in the Farmer Stockman Magazine under the tips and tricks column, and within about 6 months, some SOB was selling them in the same magazine! </p><p></p><p>At that time I was just a dumb kid and knew nothing about business, patents, prior art, copyrites, etc.</p><p></p><p><img src="/images/smilies/pissed.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":pissed:" title="Pissed :pissed:" data-shortname=":pissed:" /><img src="/images/smilies/image1049.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":madbox:" title="Image1049 :madbox:" data-shortname=":madbox:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]432898[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snattlerake, post: 4170734, member: 44288"] In high school I got tired of chopping ice at the pond so the cows could drink. I took a lawn mower blade, welded it to a pipe, cut a barrel in half, and welded the two halves to the brackets I made for them to attach to the pipe, added some bearings from an old Ford hub, added bracing and stuck it into the pond. Poof! Instant pond stirring device. I showed it to my Ag teacher, and he had all the farm kids making them for their farms. Then he had me put it in the Farmer Stockman Magazine under the tips and tricks column, and within about 6 months, some SOB was selling them in the same magazine! At that time I was just a dumb kid and knew nothing about business, patents, prior art, copyrites, etc. :pissed::madbox: [ATTACH type="full"]432898[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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