Question: Ellen in a project would you ever use a very unusual item?

Ellen Simmons answered on 6 Mar 2019:

Sometimes when I have to quickly run a test, I use whatever I can find to ensure we save money and get things done as fast as possible. The most unusual item I have used is when I had to make a “den” out of cardboard and bubble wrap – we were testing how much pressure we could put on a pipe before it blew up, and we needed to shield ourselves from whatever might have been propelled our way!