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Thinking out loud here. For women it's often the case in business meetings that their hands get crushed by male colleagues extending firm handshakes. If they wear a ring the pain is even worse. Handshake-friendly rings from cheap and soft material that resemble the real ring would be a great invention to sell along. I just hope the concept is not just my wishful thinking and perhaps others have thought about it too. With so many replicas of every fashionable product out there why wouldn't a replica of a ring made from soft squeezable material be possible?

I don't like people with soft/bad handshakes. I think that a handshake shows a lot about a person. I believe that you wrote that just for fun but if something like that would take place in reality people would be afraid to give their hand :)

The ideal is a warm handshake but with equal force applied from both parties, a woman can never apply as much force as a man so the man must tone it down to her level, plus some people grab and squeeze the other person's fingers which results in a very uncomfortable situation

Handshake is so customary that I don't think people can easily do without but my view is that we should stop using it, historically it has been a power game custom, whoever puts the hand on top declares he wants to be in control. people who don't get educated on this unconsciously communicate such messages even if they might not intend to

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Unlimited taxi rides for flat monthly fee

The customer that gets in the taxi will show or swipe his/her card. The taxi companies can only operate fuel-efficient and environment-friendly cars and in return they will pay less taxes and be allowed to charge customers flat monthly fees. Fuel-efficiency will also be necessary in order to turn a profit as demand for the service will be high. With unlimited rides, people will tend to use taxis more.

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Sex Friendly Home

how a sex friendly home would be? I got my inspiration from a comment I read in the Carpet Sex:
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Think of your next purchase as an investment

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 5 March 2008 by member sandy

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Investing in something has the meaning that you get something back in return for your money. If you purchase a hybrid car what you get in return is the intangible profit of a less polluted atmosphere.

I think we should consider ourselves not just as consumers who buy something but as consumers who choose to buy something over something else because we know this purchase is a kind of investment and support for new technologies that are more environment-friendly over others.

For example, by choosing to buy a hybrid car over a conventional one you indirectly invest in the research behind energy-saving new technologies by supporting corporate profits that help fund research and help attract investors with capital that will in turn fund research in these new technologies.

When it comes to buying your next car for example, would you consider purchasing a hybrid car over a conventional one as a means to invest and support hybrid technologies that are more environment-friendly? Would you ever think of yourself as an investor this way?

Or would you only think of yourself as a consumer who saves money on gasoline or as a driver of a fancy, fast, reliable good car or whatever else its key selling points are?

Buy the car, Lease the Battery

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 23 October 2007 by member james85

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Smart idea from Norway. A two-seat, electric-powered car that is environmentally friendly and very inexpensive.

It’s called the Think City Car, here is the site to take a look http://en.think.no/

You can buy the car for only USD 15,000 to 17,000 for the vehicle, but the company leases the battery.

The battery could cost an estimated USD 34,000, more than the price of a low-end luxury vehicle in most countries.

By leasing it, you don’t pay a large amount upfront and you assume fewer risks as a buyer. The company replaces the battery when it runs into problems.

Great idea, I thought it should be posted and supported here as well!