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CBT
06-22-2009, 05:47 AM
I wonder how many people try to put a quarter in his coffin?

Inventor Of Vibrating Bed Dies At 92


POSTED: Saturday, June 20, 2009
UPDATED: 3:28 pm EDT June 20, 2009

<!--startindex-->MIAMI -- The inventor of the "Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed," a coin-operated fixture in American motel rooms in the 1960s and 70s, has died.
John Joseph Houghtaling passed away on Wednesday at his home in Fort Pierce.
Houghtaling invented the "Magic Fingers" machine in 1958.
It caused beds to vibrate when a quarter was dropped in the device.
He moved the company to Miami in 1968 and remained its president until he retired in the 1980s.
Houghtaling was 92. <!--stopindex-->
Haggis
06-22-2009, 06:01 AM
I wonder how many people try to put a quarter in his coffin?

Inventor Of Vibrating Bed Dies At 92


POSTED: Saturday, June 20, 2009
UPDATED: 3:28 pm EDT June 20, 2009

<!--startindex-->MIAMI -- The inventor of the "Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed," a coin-operated fixture in American motel rooms in the 1960s and 70s, has died.
John Joseph Houghtaling passed away on Wednesday at his home in Fort Pierce.
Houghtaling invented the "Magic Fingers" machine in 1958.
It caused beds to vibrate when a quarter was dropped in the device.
He moved the company to Miami in 1968 and remained its president until he retired in the 1980s.
Houghtaling was 92. <!--stopindex-->

Tehn dala jo.
Aren Jay
06-22-2009, 06:01 PM
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Joe Walsh
06-22-2009, 06:04 PM
"His close family members are still shaken by his death."
CBT
06-22-2009, 06:05 PM
My sister has beds like that in every room in her house.

Really now. Is her house a bordello?
CBT
06-22-2009, 06:08 PM
"His close family members are still shaken by his death."

LMMFAO!! Friends toasted him with his favorite drink, martinis. (shaken, not stirred.)
Joe Walsh
06-22-2009, 06:30 PM
"There's been quite a buzz in the media since his death."
CBT
06-22-2009, 06:50 PM
"Viewing of the body begins at 5 p.m., and will continue at 15 minute intervals until everyone runs out of quarters."
Joe Walsh
06-22-2009, 06:56 PM
"Viewing of the body begins at 5 p.m., and will continue at 15 minute intervals until everyone runs out of quarters."

:lol:

.........
cassidy
06-22-2009, 07:49 PM
I remember those machines...for a quarter in seedy motels a three horsepower motor shook your kidneys loose for five minutes.:mad2:

Where can I buy a new one, the commercial version, seriously?
There must be units out there...they sold over a million, bringing the vibrator to common people throughout the United States.:beer:
CBT
06-23-2009, 05:16 AM
Two extra pallbearers were needed to control the casket....
Aren Jay
06-23-2009, 02:43 PM
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CBT
06-24-2009, 04:22 AM
This is what my sister has.

http://www.sleep-comfort.com/about_models.htm

note if you use the massage feature in an upstairs bedroom, and you have concrete floor (with radiant heating) the vibrations act as a subwoofer downstairs.

My sister has them and I know.

So how does that work, you go over to her house and at some point she's like "Well, we're going upstairs to rock this mutha" and you hang out and listen? Ewwwww....wait, is she hot?
J-MAN
06-24-2009, 07:22 AM
Brings back memories of my youth..............$16.00 motel rooms and a pocket full of quarters. :D