{"id":257,"date":"2023-02-06T17:10:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tekkiepix.co.uk\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:43:04","slug":"why-didnt-i-think-of-it-first","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tekkiepix.co.uk\/?page_id=257","title":{"rendered":"Crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1560px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paper version of <strong>Why Didn&#8217;t I Think Of It First<\/strong> &#8211; a book about crazy inventions patented over the years &#8211; was published in 1972 (ISBN 0 7153 5419 1  I ) and repurposed 2022 as an e-book using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jutoh.com\">Jutoh 3 software <\/a>courtesy of developer Julian Speed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WDITOIF e-book is posted <em><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/tekkiepix.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Why-Didnt-I-Think-of-It-First-26-Sept.epub-Final-Version.epub\"><em>h<\/em>ere <\/a>for free reading. Please no re-publication or repurposing, without a decent name-check credit.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book illustrations, by the way, were done by Tony Hayes, the highly regarded singer, musician and arranger who co-led the Fraser Hayes Four tight harmony group \u2013 which you can still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lIVwKWi9gws\">hear<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tekkiepix.co.uk\/\">here<\/a>, thanks to YouTube, performing on old episodes of Round the Horne and Beyond our Ken.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-107 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tekkiepix.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Why-Didnt-cover-scan-e1675701782543-650x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Cover of book on crazy inventions written by Barry Fox under pen name Adrian Hope\" width=\"198\" height=\"312\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Why Didn&#8217;t I Think Of It First book cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-257","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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