![]() ![]() Published by Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1956 Do you know what window washing used to cost by the hour? I held him back until I had him down to a price that people could not refuse. That was Window Willie and it's a wonder that somebody hadn't thought of him sooner. It turned Out that an electrostatic device could make dirt go spung! off any polished silica surface, window glass, bathtubs, toilet bowls-anything of that sort. I got to thinking about dirty windows and that ring around the bathtub that is so hard to scrub, as you have to bend double to get at it. But I had just had a long government vacation and wanted to be my own boss. The other big market for engineers is civil service-good starting pay, good pensions, no worries, thirty days annual leave, liberal benefits. ![]() ![]() You haven't missed any meals, you've had a lot of rides in company airplanes. ![]() Go to work for Standard, or du Pont, or General Motors? Thirty years later they give you a testimonial dinner and a pension. While I was in the service I had thought hard about what one engineer can do. Yes, I invented Hired Girl and all her kinfolk-Window Willie and the rest-even though you won't find my name on them. ![]()
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