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BigFoot
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 11:52:16 AM
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O.K. , I am bored to the hilt...so humor me on this one...GREATEST/MOST INGENIOUS INVENTIONS:
Scoopable Cat Litter (not the greatest but a good one!)
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LifeTime Laker
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 12:24:13 PM
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Thanks to OwlGore we have the INTERNET!!
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flathead
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 12:24:50 PM
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aloe toiletpaper
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JohnGalt
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 12:34:48 PM
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For me by far it is the airplane, I still park at the end of the runway at ATL and watch those machines take of and land.
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BDGRIFF
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 12:41:42 PM
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Has to be the Television so I can watch college football and then the Frigerator to keep my beer cold.
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LifeTime Laker
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 12:43:26 PM
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Guttenburg (sp) Press
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NCSue
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 1:34:58 PM
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HRT
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PC Al
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 1:35:44 PM
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The automobile.
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JohnGalt
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 2:21:02 PM
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that's funny
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JIM
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 2:49:01 PM
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LTL, May I ask?. What do you have in common with the Guttenburg Press? Not trying to stirr anything.
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lakerlady
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 7:04:49 PM
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It has to be Air Conditioning
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| Name: |
BigFoot
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 7:56:06 PM
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...somebody get the trophy ready.......Lakerlady may have just nailed it......especially after this summer
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woodboat
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/3/2007 11:46:15 PM
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Outboard motors !!
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LifeTime Laker
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I don't understand the ????
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9/4/2007 12:25:15 AM
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What do I have in common with the Guttenburrg Press?? No more or no less than you JIM. That is not an original idea. It was debated in some history course I took back in college and most historians veiw it as a turning point in human history.
To quote Wikipedia:
"The level of importance of the printing press is rivaled by few other inventions, so much so that "the invention of the printing press" is often used as a reference to the social, political, and scientific change experienced by Europe after the press's introduction."
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My heart is in the sky (love those airplanes too, JohnGault), and the Internet and printing press changed the world as it was known; but AC feels OH SO GOOD in the summertime!....and I guess the frig and cold beer go right along with it. (Looks like I'm in a short sided quick gratification mood tonight).
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LifeTime Laker
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it has been argued......
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9/4/2007 12:47:01 AM
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.....that Air Conditioning is what RUINED the country. Before AC all the politicians got the heck outta DC for the summer. Less time there meant less time figuring ways to meddle in our lives.
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Lets vote to remove AC from all government buildings.
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Just the house and senate chambers and offices. I would even let the executive branch keep theirs.
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bug
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 9:30:38 AM
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light bulbs-- thanks, Thomas
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BigFoot
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 9:58:46 AM
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I would agree with an earlier poster about television...especially COLOR television, then big screen, and now HD. I think it would have to rank among the most ingenuous. How you can capture a visual image, transmit it in the form of an analog and now digital frequency, re-capture it and convert it back to a representation of the original image with incredible accuracy is mind-boggling! .......and along comes computers to mastermind everything....what a great time to be alive (if we had some water) :)
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Tallyman
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 11:01:31 AM
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Auburn football.
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Tallyman
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 11:05:44 AM
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Auburn football.
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BDGRIFF
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 11:34:16 AM
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ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BhamGirl
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And the winner is....
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9/4/2007 11:50:17 AM
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As Seen On Tv....
The furminator!!! No more cat hair balls!
(This is in no way shape form or fashion in reference to our dear friend Cat Boat.)
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CAT BOAT
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Bhamgirl
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9/4/2007 2:21:15 PM
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I resemble that remark. And, for all the Newbies the name "Catboat" has nothing to do with cats.
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Pier Pressure
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Going way back...
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9/4/2007 2:39:30 PM
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Concrete.....
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lakemartintime
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Going way back...
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9/4/2007 3:28:30 PM
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Everything invented by Thomas Alvin Edison
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MythBuster
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Going way back...
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9/4/2007 4:14:36 PM
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Thomas Alva Edison, but I agree with your point.
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twc
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 4:37:51 PM
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Sorry, but nobody else came up with it............
Beer
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BigFoot
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 5:09:44 PM
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oops............guess we gotta come up with another trophy for twc!!
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LifeTime Laker
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But ironically..
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9/4/2007 5:14:12 PM
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Many if not most of the inventions bearing his name were not worked on by him personally. He set up the original 'think tank'. He hired men with speciallities in different areas and put them in a room together and told them to think up new things. He expected them to deliver a minor invention/patent every 10 days and a major invention/patent every 30 days. I am not exact on the timeline, but they were on a deadline. By contract all patents were filed under his name. Smart man.
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Feb
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 5:49:37 PM
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We also should not forget many life-saving medicines and devices. Things such as penicillin, polio vacine, X-Ray devices, and etc.
On a lighter note, some mentioning beer might add viagra to the list.
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CAT BOAT
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MY VOTE.....
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9/4/2007 5:58:07 PM
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Heart/Lung machine. It keeps you alive during heart surgery.
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landstclair
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 9:34:54 PM
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I'm not a regular poster, but I am a regular reader and it seems to me that....perhaps.....birth control might be the greatest invention.....it was for me anyhow....
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greycove
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Sorry if mine offends anyone
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9/4/2007 9:59:10 PM
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Mini skirt.
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Feb
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 10:12:55 PM
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Which kind, LOL. Some methods did not require invention but only trial and error.
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Maverick
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 11:38:00 PM
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Bumper implants - LOL.
This thread was getting a little boring so that I might spice it up a little.
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4Golf
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/4/2007 11:40:17 PM
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Speaking of TVs......IMHO, more important than the "type" of the TV is that little gadget called the REMOTE !!!!
When I was a kid, I WAS the remote....whenever the folks wanted to change between the 3 channels we could get, guess who had to get up to turn the dial????? Now we just need to come up with something useful for OUR kids to do for us. (Fetching beer from the fridge on request is one that comes to mind.)
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4Golf
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Sorry if mine offends anyone
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9/4/2007 11:42:12 PM
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BUG says the THONG ! ! ! (and I agree)
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Uncle Sam
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I don't understand the ????
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9/5/2007 1:18:04 AM
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What makes you think that Jim understands the question?
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| Name: |
BigFoot
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WORLD'S GREATEST INVENTIONS!
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9/5/2007 8:36:44 AM
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Well, let me see. We have mini-skirts, bumper implants, cold beer and viagara, birth control pills, Auburn football on High Def (with a remote) all in air conditioned comfort. Yeah, we're doing REAL good!!
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BDGRIFF
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I SECOND THAT
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9/5/2007 12:35:39 PM
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Except for the Auburn Football, but I'm with all the others.
ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Name: |
MythBuster
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I'm curious myself.
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9/5/2007 6:34:29 PM
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Hopefully JIM will respond and explain what he means, because I'm stumped.
You're not several hundred years old, are you, LTL? Maybe that's what he means! ;-)
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