Toomey J Gazette (Vol. 11, No. 1, 1968 - Polio Place

Colonial Gardens has a Grater 'N Bowl (A) with a non-
slip base. $1.49.
r Chop-Chop (B), circular knife, chops vegetables, etc., right
in the pan or bowl. $2.95 ppd. Order from Chop-Chop, Box 295,
Wilmette, Illinois 60091.
Miles Kimball has a French wavy-edged stainless steel
knife (C) that is so sharp it is frightening. $1.49.
"I use my child's trusty broom and long-handled dust pan
and sweep things into the pan."
"I use a child's 5 9 mop ~ for dusting."
"TO increase reach for dishwashing, sink mop ups, and
counter clean ups thumb tack a square sponge (cut to any size)
to a srick. A good size and weight is the batten that goes
through the bottom of a window shade. They can be made to all
different lengths."
Colonial Gardens has a long-reach "Magnet" duster (A) with
an 18" handle for $1.
Feather away the dust wtth a disconnecting bamboo-handled
feather duster (B) that reaches up to 7 feet. Here's How. $3.99.
CLEO'S nylon duster (C) with a flexible handle bends under
furniture. Melon, yellow, or turquoise. $3.95.
"With my scissor sticks, I clean hard-to-get places or
spots on the floor by clamping them onto a wet or damp
sponge. "
The best $4 investment for wheelchair cleaning is a
child's Bissell carpet sweeper. It eliminates a closet full
of brooms, dustpans, etc. and is so light it can be pushed
with a few fingers. Available at any toy department.
r "If you can't reach the over-counter outlets, use short
extension cords with outlets on the end."
"Put little off-on sn.*p switches on such things as coffee
pots which you can't plug in, The type that can be placed
anywhere on the cord."
"Get an extension cord with a plug-in strip and have it
put under the overhang of the counter top."
"I turn on the water by hitting the faucet handles."
0 "I walk my fingers around the sink to the water faucets."
"I tap faucets on and off with small hammer with long
handle. "
"I use a long wooden spoon (A) with four nails in the bowl
section. Wrap nails with electrician's friction tape."
English booklets list both homemade and commercial
models of tap turners:
(B) For a single bar tap, a groove whittled out of a
cylindrical piece of wood.
(C) A tap turner made of a length of wood, a drilled hole,
and two cup hooks.