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Thread: Get Into Heaven Free Inventions
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molopata
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I've always felt that there are some things which are so beneficial to mankind that their inventors must have received an automatic invitation card to enter heaven when they died. (if this is indeed the case is something that can be thrashed out on a different board).
A personal favourite is duct tape. With it, you repair leaks, build tents, fix cars, silence your children (only joking) or seal containers.
What other inventions are there out there that you would put in the same league of salvation?
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Edith
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Seriously, the printing press
Unseriously, but importantly, the teapot
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Lyda*Rose
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One of my heroes is Jonas Salk. When Ed Murrow interviewed Salk about the triumph of his vaccine against polio, he asked him, "Who owns this patent?", Salk replied, "No one. Could you patent the sun?"
What a man! ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Ariel
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Velcro. It was inspired by the ways burrs stick to your clothing and it works brilliantly, giving that seamless look to something yet keeping it tightly closed.
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Chorister
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Cat's Eyes, without which we would find it much harder to go out at night. Invented by St. Percy of Boothtown.
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Horseman Bree
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Nor a prticularly useful invention in a place where snowplows operate, chorister! One mildly aggressive plow driver and all you have is divots in the paving.
Someone who could invemt lane markers that work in snow/ice storms would be worth nominating for head-of-the-line status.
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Zacchaeus
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indoor plumbing with flushing toilets...
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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T'internet.
I think Tim Berners-Lee has done wonders for international communications, and enabled the ship, twitter, and a whole lot of really good stuff.
Oh, and porn, but I think he might be forgiven for that. IMO, the internet is a huge positive.
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Sioni Sais
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I love timber buildings (I may have mentioned this before ...) and I'd to thank the mediaeval craftsmen who developed the tie-beam lap dovetail joint.
This joins an upright post to a tie beam (which runs across the building) and to a wall plate (the beam running along the top of the side of a building), with a handy slot for a principal rafter. It's truly a work of art.
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Piglet
Islander
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The people who built the medieval cathedrals. Especially St. Rognvald, who built this one, and should consequently be excused any raiding and pillaging he may have undertaken in the course of his duties as a Viking.
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ChaliceGirl
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Air conditioning. Without a doubt.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Practical home air conditioning. My friends and I frequently say, "God bless Mr. Carrier!" Really!
[ETA nice Xpost with ChaliceGirl!]
[ 11. June 2012, 16:05: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
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Enigma
Enigma
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The wheel - though the inventor of whoever thought cuboid speed bumps were a good idea may be destined for another place. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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quote:
Originally posted by Molopata The Rebel:
A personal favourite is duct tape. With it, you repair leaks, build tents, fix cars, silence your children (only joking) or seal containers.
And WD-40.
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Enigma:
The wheel - though the inventor of whoever thought cuboid speed bumps were a good idea may be destined for another place.
Let's hear it for the inventor of ... the axle!
eta: duct tape, with beer cans knocked into shape, has been used to repair aircraft too.
[ 11. June 2012, 15:48: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]
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churchgeek
Have candles, will pray
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I second so many choices here! A/C especially, at least when I'm back home in Michigan. We should perhaps expand it to all forms of refrigeration.
I will suggest rock & roll, and the means of recording it and playing it back.
And carbonated soft drinks. To be more specific, I could suggest the inventor of one particular carbonated soft drink, Detroiter James Vernor.
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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Plumbed in hot and cold running water. Whoever thought up that idea deserves a free pass.
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comet
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I'm a big supporter of the duct tape nomination. I'd add blue tarp to that. and snowshoes. and swiss army knives. and car block heaters. and finally, headlamps.
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Arethosemyfeet
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The bicycle. The biggest stroke against congenital disease in human history.
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lily pad
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The highway rumble strip. They have saved many lives and prevented accidents.
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longing
Apprentice
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The toilet. Thank you Mr Crapper.
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Offeiriad
Ship's Arboriculturalist
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My late father hailed two great inventions:
the 6 inch nail, and WD40.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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WD40 and Duct tape definitely.
The rule of life is: if it moves and shouldn't, use duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD40.
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DonLogan2
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Yeast (Non-Pharisaical) usage, whoever invented it is truly gR8.
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Banner Lady
Ship's Ensign
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spectacles/specs/glasses - how do you find your way to heaven if you cannot read the directions?
And of course electricity. Without those two inventions, almost every intricate thing we do as humans would be bound to daylight hours and people with 20/20 vision.
I was amazed recently at a description of 16th century lacemakers sitting around a table working at their craft using candlelight reflected through glasses of water. If you are reading this on a magnified screen setting, you'll know what I mean!
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windsofchange
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I'm very grateful to the person who invented the Kindle, so that I might always be able to read the latest Stephen King novel on the subway without damaging my carpal-tunnel-infested wrists.
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Piglet
Islander
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Proper incandescent light-bulbs.
Conversely, there's an especially hot part of t'other place reserved for the bloke who invented the utterly horrid and headache-inducing long-life fluorescent ones beloved of eco-mentalists.
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Huia
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Hearing aids - especially the modern digital ones that can be adjusted to hear music and birds more clearly and be tuned to the loop system at church and the cinema.
Number 8 wire, which is what farmers and DIY people here use for all kinds of things, including fencing off paddocks, holding machinery together and anything else they can think of.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Central heating.
What luxury to have heating in every room, including bedrooms with no naked flame to accidentally fall into.
And bye bye chilblains.
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Ariel
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The invention of scissors was a pretty good one. No more worries about trying to cut whatever it was with a knife, suddenly you had what was essentially two knives joined together which weren't going to slip, and much less likely to do you an injury while you were using them.
Umbrellas were another thing. No more sopping wet cloaks to be hung up dripping before the fire, where they partially blocked the heat and added to the steam in the room. No more towelling your hair dry, except when the rain was combined with gales, and a reasonable chance of arriving at your destination looking half presentable and feeling more comfortable.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Modern eco-friendly light bulbs, which provide lots of light for a fraction of the energy of those old incandescent ones, the inventor of which is destined for the other place.
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
Modern eco-friendly light bulbs, which provide lots of light for a fraction of the energy of those old incandescent ones, the inventor of which is destined for the other place.
Cheap, readily available relief from headaches caused by unnatural light.
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Moo
Ship's tough old bird
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Originally posted by Ariel:
Umbrellas were another thing.
Push-button umbrellas. I can open my car door just enough to raise my arm with my thumb on the push-button. I stay dry that way.
Moo
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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quote:
Originally posted by Moo:
Push-button umbrellas.
Not until there is a push button one which will stay the right way out in a stiff breeze. Umbrellas are either strong or automatic.
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I was invited to a dinner party which was completely over my head in terms of both refinement and intellect, an unwitting oversight by the hostess or more likely someone had cancelled at short notice. The erudite conversation turned to exactly this subject.
The debate revolved around whether those who had developed the theory e.g. Einstein, took precedence over those who applied it, e.g. the eminent Dr Salk mentioned earlier. I was open mouthed following the conversation about two sentences behind when an attractive but feather headed actress intervened. She gushed that the ultimate prize must surely go to the inventor of the deodorant.
The company to coughing and mumbling phrases somewhat incoherently to each other but then the conversation picked up again on what a wonderful year it had been for radishes.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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I'm at my desk at w*rk having lunch which consists of bread and cheese. Isn't cheese wonderful? Truly, Blessed are the cheesemakers.
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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quote:
Originally posted by Huia:
Hearing aids - especially the modern digital ones that can be adjusted to hear music and birds more clearly and be tuned to the loop system at church and the cinema.
Number 8 wire, which is what farmers and DIY people here use for all kinds of things, including fencing off paddocks, holding machinery together and anything else they can think of.
Yes, the farmers' friend, No 8 fencing wire. Very good for holding gutters on, holding doors shut which are warped, fixing exhaust pipes to tractors, suspending fluorescent light fittings from a high ceiling and as many uses as there are needs. I'll also back you up on the hearing aids.
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Pasco
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Central heating.
What luxury to have heating in every room, including bedrooms with no naked flame to accidentally fall into.
And bye bye chilblains.
With log fires burning over the winter and contaminating every part of the dwelling, spring cleaning to wash and scrub practically every part of the dwelling was a necessary and tedious task for all concerned in many parts of the colder climes of Europe, for millennia.
As any keen cycle tourist would agree, the inflatable tyre and derailleur gears has opened up the countryside for all to enjoy.
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Sparrow
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Young_Simpson
James Young Simpson, who pioneered the use of chloroform as the first safe general anaesthetic.
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Banner Lady
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And without antibiotics, many of us would not be here discussing this, as our family line would have carked it long ago.
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Cryptic
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Duct Tape
Cable Ties
Epoxy Adhesive (pick your favourite - mine are Araldite and JB Weld)
Pop Rivets
Cordless drills
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Cryptic
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Oh, almost forgot...
Quick set PVA glue (Sunday School essential)
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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My Nana, who was born at the start of the last century, told me once that the best invention in her lifetime was detergent.
I guess before that, soap was used for every sort of washing.
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Penny S
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Paperclips, for the occasions when you need a short piece of bendy wire to fasten things, poke out holes (eg in the Araldite tubes), act as counterweights on the Anglepoise lamp when the replacement bulb fitting is the wrong weight, hang up the antenna wire from an old radio, replace the dangly bit on a zip...
Wire coathangers, for when you need a more robust and longer piece of bendy wire to fasten bigger things, break into the quarter light of the car when you have lost the key, invent a fixing to prevent someone breaking into the quarter light, make an Advent wreath, hook something out of the drain, replace the radio aerial on the car...
There was a third thing I had in mind when I started, but it's gone for the moment.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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The TV remote.
Remember when you had to get up out of your chair to change channels, adjust the volume, or turn the set on/off, not to mention adjust the horizontal or vertical hold?
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Morlader
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... replace the dangly bit on a zip...
Thanks, Penny S.
<Morlader leaves to repair several zips>
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