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The full saga of Margie and the Nuns (so far). Realised I never compiled these in one place.! Also, bonus Margies!

Larry Walters, nicknamed “Lawnchair Larry” or the “Lawn Chair Pilot,” was a 33-year-old truck driver from California who, on July 2, 1982, achieved unexpected fame by flying a homemade balloon rig consisting of an ordinary aluminum lawn chair (bought from Sears) tied to 42 helium-filled weather balloons.

Walters had dreamed of flying since childhood. With help from his girlfriend Carol Van Deusen, he bought about 45 weather balloons from a military surplus store, filled them with helium (using a fake letter claiming they were for a TV commercial), and attached them in clusters to the chair, which he dubbed “Inspiration I.” He equipped himself with a parachute, a pellet gun (to pop balloons for descent), a CB radio, sandwiches, beer, a camera, and an altimeter.

Joe Colombo, Total Furnishing Unit, (1971)

Colombo also began working in plastic with self-contained units that provided all the services of a room. He believed that “all the objects needed in a house should be integrated with the usable spaces; hence, they no longer ought to be called furnishings but ‘equipment.’” These “dynamic pieces of furniture” were useful because “habits change, the interior of rooms has to change with them.” One of the more interesting examples of this theory is the “Total Furnishing Unit” (1971), which breaks domestic living into a simple set of functions carried out within a modular Kitchen, Cupboard, Bed and Bathroom.