There are all sorts of super glues out there. There are glues made especially for one thing or another. The best one is that old standby- gum. Any kind of gum. Any flavor since the preparations for it's use involves chewing and that takes the flavor out anyway.

Remember way back when? Back in your school days? You'd have gum in your mouth which was a no-no. The teacher would be staring at you. As the teacher got up to come over and check you out you had two choices. Swallow it or stick it under the desktop. If you swallowed it you were constipated for a week so under the desk it went to join the ten thousand others.

If you got caught doing that you had to get the gum off. Not just the one you put on but the one your father and grandfather put on. You couldn't even chisel it off. All you managed to do was chip the chisel and gouge the desk.

Well, back to gum as an adhesive. Is there a screw loose and the hole is stripped? Yea, you could use a larger screw or wood putty the hole and go from there. You could also stick some freshly chewed gum in the hole and push the screw in. Don't even have to drill a pilot hole or use a screwdriver. Just a simple push. That screw is never coming out. Ever.

Loose arm on a dining room chair? No big deal. A small dab of gum and the arm is as solid as it was the day you bought it. Maybe more solid. No need to go into what it does for a squeaky floor.

When you see those poor folks looking at their former houses after a tornado or a hurricane you have to wonder, "Why didn't they gum the house together?" Sure, a tornado or as hurricane would move the house but it couldn't damage it. It's a lot easier and cheaper to send change of mail cards out than to rebuild a house.

Driving along a long, deserted stretch of the interstate and your radiator hose goes on you. Steam is pouring out of the hood and your thinking of the towing charge and the inevitable rip-off for a new hose. Think again. Chump up a big, huge wad of gum. Wrap that baby around the hose and you're set to go. You don't even have to put a new hose on if you don't feel like it.

Next time you see your kid chewing gum and then see that he, or she, is no longer chewing don't get into such a tizzy over it. Either you'll have to give the child a laxative or find out what's been permanently glued together.