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My Dad And His Magnetic Shirt
My father, Bill Newhall, doesn’t have the flexibility in his fingers that he had earlier in his 93-year-old life. That means he sometimes has trouble buttoning shirts. About a year ago (Vol. 43, No. 2) a reader sent in a “best buy” report to FARM SHOW on MagnaReady shirts which have small magnets sewn into the linin
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My Dad And His Magnetic Shirt FARM HOME Clothes My father Bill Newhall doesn’t have the flexibility in his fingers that he had earlier in his 93-year-old life That means he sometimes has trouble buttoning shirts About a year ago Vol 43 No 2 a reader sent in a “best buy” report to FARM SHOW on MagnaReady shirts which have small magnets sewn into the linings They hold the shirt closed The buttons on the shirt are just for show Dad liked the idea so I got him one to try out To “button” the shirt you just lay one side of the shirt over the other and you’ll hear a series of small clicks that means the shirt is secure Even the cuffs have magnetized closers After he tested it out a few times I asked him for a report “The shirt is very comfortable Nice material ” he told me “The magnets have just the right amount of strength to stay fastened and open easily I really like how the shirt works ” However he noticed that his Bulova quartz watch would run about 10 min slow on days when he wore the shirt At first he thought the watch battery was dying so he put in a new one but the same thing happened He began to suspect that the magnets in the cuffs were affecting the watch Being a FARM SHOW kind of guy he decided to remove the magnets on the cuffs and have button holes sewn into them so he could use the buttons that were already on the shirt He was very pleased that it only cost him $6 to have a local seamstress “reconfigure” both cuffs “When I started wearing the shirt again my watch was just fine ” he told me I got in touch with Laura Baumgartner at MagnaReady to ask what she thought about my dad’s modification of the shirts “We have actually found out that the magnets can affect some watches Good idea by your dad to swap them out and use the buttons already on the sleeves ” said Baumgartner Bottom line my dad loves the shirts and would recommend them to anyone with “button issues” At around $65 they’re not cheap but he thinks they’re worth it and he’s not a guy who tosses money around willy nilly To get more information go to www magnaready com ph 866 635-8866 or amazon com
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