Small inventions

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-EnTEHLf8cpdHBt11rWCcQZk29qHTaxR1M4DscOqPvxT6XUj-HUJXBpI7OGRqiLYrI51tnclRwGxggXA2fjsfiMGa60E3auY6UxmTLI9btCslZwJN2eJW84VNi8e6vQAWVpuxb0eRSbu/s1600/trash+can.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694160896109933474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-EnTEHLf8cpdHBt11rWCcQZk29qHTaxR1M4DscOqPvxT6XUj-HUJXBpI7OGRqiLYrI51tnclRwGxggXA2fjsfiMGa60E3auY6UxmTLI9btCslZwJN2eJW84VNi8e6vQAWVpuxb0eRSbu/s400/trash+can.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Nothing pretty today, but I had to share with you the coolest feature of my apartment in Paris. The trash can was located under the sink on the back of the kitchen cabinet door, with a string connecting the lid to the side of the cabinet.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1EddjH0FXvLmphBsPZZzKXNFxRmyzRAX5qd8WT3nQ-qMxi6vKtBO54TBFm5gCTdCiLGlzYZwB1CNtolpH7gv16etcrT-eC1XUxsZP5B9LoO7WJ26w9j37KK2ZANCE54rsYuQGWFQRC6G5/s1600/open+trash+can.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694160892566606050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1EddjH0FXvLmphBsPZZzKXNFxRmyzRAX5qd8WT3nQ-qMxi6vKtBO54TBFm5gCTdCiLGlzYZwB1CNtolpH7gv16etcrT-eC1XUxsZP5B9LoO7WJ26w9j37KK2ZANCE54rsYuQGWFQRC6G5/s400/open+trash+can.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> When the door was opened wide, the string would pull the lid open! I had never seen anything like this (do I live under a rock?). Simple but ingenius! Have you seen anything similar? </div>

Small inventions

Nothing pretty today, but I had to share with you the coolest feature of my apartment in Paris. The trash can was located under the sink on...

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