You never know! (and you played with it as a kid)

Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com 

 

You have no idea!

 

Alfred W. Fielding an inventor and Marc A. Chavannes a chemical engineer 

First sold as wallpaper, then Boat Bumpers to maternity dresses, then greenhouse insulation, 

Chavennes flight with turbulence said to himself I need something to better protect my fragile goods… DING!! The light went on! 

They hired a salesman Fred Bowers who cold called IBM. At that time IBM shipped their goods with crunched up newspaper and sawdust… not very protective and very messy.

In 1963 IBM made a trial order

By 1964 it was standard in everything they shipped

It grew instantly due to the “POP”. People would take it home for their kids and it spread like wild fire.

Next it was used in the food packing industry…

It became global in 1971 and has exceeded over 5 Billion dollars and is a fortune 500 company. 

It has been sold as “poppable wrapping paper, swimming pool liners, medical equipment wrap, and even art. It has been given its own "Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day" on January 27. And the inventors went into the the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2015.

Fielding once said we just kept trying until we found our Happy Accident… YOU JUST NEVER KNOW

 

I love reading stories like these… because in my head I keep thinking “you never know”. 

 

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN THE INFORMATION AGE IS WE EXPECT TO KNOW EVERYTHING - AND WHEN WE DON’T WE GET IRRITATED. 

 

 

I live by this phrase… YOU NEVER KNOW. 

 

**I KNOW MY OPTIMISM CAN DRIVE MY WIFE CRAZY… I always try to see things in the positive. You never know… it might be the best thing in the world to have our car breakdown….

 

Isaiah 7:9:"Unless you believe, you will not understand". It suggests that belief must come before comprehension in matters of faith. 

 

 

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“You never know” - I don’t say it in doubt, but in hope. FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR!