Something you don\u2019t hear much about anymore are waterbeds. Back in the 1970s and maybe early 80s they were fairly popular. Claire\u2019s sister had waterbeds and when visited, we slept on one. Actually, that\u2019s the only time I ever slept on a waterbed. This subject came up the other day when we were discussing things that were once popular but have pretty much just faded away today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But since I haven\u2019t been terribly busy lately, I thought I\u2019d look into waterbeds\u2026.
I found that there is evidence that the Persians slept on goat skins filled with water more than 3,600 years ago \u2014 so, I guess the waterbed was actually invented in Persia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But in the early 1800s, Neil Arnott (a Scottish physician) invented something called the Hydrostatic Bed \u2014 it was basically a trough of water covered with a rubber cloth. It was designed to prevent bedsores.\u00a0
The first patent for a waterbed was issued to Dr. William Hooper, of Portsmouth, England, in 1883. His bed resembled a giant hot-water bottle and it turned out to be cold and leaky and it was a complete commercial flop. The first successful waterbed wasn\u2019t produced until the invention of durable, water-proof fibers, like vinyl, came along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But for some reason, the waterbed has gone the way of the typewriter\u2026.I\u2019ve heard you can make a waterbed more bouncy if you use spring water \u2014 maybe if the bed manufacturers had pushed that a little harder, they\u2019d still be in business.
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Something you don\u2019t hear much about anymore are waterbeds. Back in the 1970s and maybe early 80s they were fairly popular. Claire\u2019s sister had waterbeds and when visited, we slept on one. Actually, that\u2019s the only time I ever slept … Continue reading