Atilla and Chuck(2)
Yesterday afternoon, I was happily watching the History Channel's portrayal of the the building of the Great Wall of China when the program went to a commercial break. Though I anticipated advertisements for a razor with 6 blades, battery power, and a gift shop, I was very displeased to see what looked like the beginning of an infomercial.
Now, I may be a little late getting on the boat, but I thought that these companies normally bought undesirable time-slots. I suppose this deviation can only mean that this company has been particularly successful in their venture...or they have an obscene amount of money to blow on advertising. I digress.
The product was a dual-chuck-cordless-power-drill. It came with an 18v battery, which is necessary if you want to get through any material with a hardness rating equal or greater than that of sharp cheddar (according to the former QVC host/informant who attempted to compromise the structural integrity of a 2X4). The tool had two places for drill bits or driver bits to be placed. It seems a typical 'Merican invention and I assure you, seeing is believing. So why even bring it up, you ask? This is the part of the story where I remind you of the program that was interrupted in order to flaunt the ease the never-having-to-change-bits-in-the-middle-of-a-job tool provides. The Chinese were building the largest wall ever created using rice. Seriously, rice. It took one Emperor ( and by 'Emperor' I mean thousands of slaves) over 30 years to build his section. They had simple tools, all cordless, but also terribly under powered. *I don't think they had much more than 9v batteries back then. In a demonstration of the difficulty of the task, the host of the show carried a 27lb. brick up the sandy mountain. The one-way trip took him 5 minutes and he carried only one brick.
Thankfully, I'll never have to endure that, let alone changing drill bits in the middle of hanging a picture of Ron Popeil.
Now, I may be a little late getting on the boat, but I thought that these companies normally bought undesirable time-slots. I suppose this deviation can only mean that this company has been particularly successful in their venture...or they have an obscene amount of money to blow on advertising. I digress.
The product was a dual-chuck-cordless-power-drill. It came with an 18v battery, which is necessary if you want to get through any material with a hardness rating equal or greater than that of sharp cheddar (according to the former QVC host/informant who attempted to compromise the structural integrity of a 2X4). The tool had two places for drill bits or driver bits to be placed. It seems a typical 'Merican invention and I assure you, seeing is believing. So why even bring it up, you ask? This is the part of the story where I remind you of the program that was interrupted in order to flaunt the ease the never-having-to-change-bits-in-the-middle-of-a-job tool provides. The Chinese were building the largest wall ever created using rice. Seriously, rice. It took one Emperor ( and by 'Emperor' I mean thousands of slaves) over 30 years to build his section. They had simple tools, all cordless, but also terribly under powered. *I don't think they had much more than 9v batteries back then. In a demonstration of the difficulty of the task, the host of the show carried a 27lb. brick up the sandy mountain. The one-way trip took him 5 minutes and he carried only one brick.
Thankfully, I'll never have to endure that, let alone changing drill bits in the middle of hanging a picture of Ron Popeil.