International Safety Pin Day 2023
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But that would be incorrect. I have had to pin myself up every now and then in an effort to hide my unmentionables from public scrutiny and perhaps truss up a hem in pants gone unravelled or temporarily mend some curtain hanging on a window.
In my old age I find my need for safety pins wanes much like other aspects of my existence requiring support measures. I simply have met most contingencies up front rendering them unnecessary.
Today is International Safety Pin Day.
It happens on April 10 annually and is an unofficial observance of one of the most simplistic and useful device of my lifetime the safety pin.
The safety pin was invented by one Walter Hunt, who was a mechanic in the states. It is said he did this to repay a debt to a friend. He sold the patent to W. R. Grace and Company for $400, repaid his friend then stashed away the remaining fundage.
It is said that the safety pin was made as an improvement on the "dress pin" and prevented injuries to fingers and other body parts during their use. The first pins were made of a brass wire some 8 inches long.
The design has remain pretty much the same since it's invention.
So regardless if you're diapering a baby, making a seam, tacking a set of drapes or whatever the Safety Pin is there for you.
Happy International Safety Pin Day.