Zinger 0 #26 March 11, 2004 Gunpowder. ------Have a good one!-------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #27 March 11, 2004 QuotePorn porn is not an invention, it's natural scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumpmunki 0 #28 March 11, 2004 the invention of harnessing electricity ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbattman 0 #29 March 11, 2004 Seriously: The greatest invention in history was the printing press and movable type. Books and educational materials could be made cheap and knowledge found its way from the libraries of the nobility to the lower castes. Less serious: Those tiny rubber bands I used on my braces. Man, were those fun! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hmatousek 0 #30 March 11, 2004 The coffee maker with a built in timer and one that grinds the beans for you!!!!Life doesn't have to be perfect in order to be beautiful! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flighty 0 #31 March 11, 2004 Oh we have one of those. Drinking a cup as we speek. Best coffee maker ever! ~Cindy~ Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Spelling and grammar errors are left as an exercise for the reader. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #32 March 11, 2004 I'll just have to go with my answer for everything . . . the massaging showerhead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #33 March 11, 2004 Quote Greatest invention ?? the 100Guinees Cup which became the America's Cup... Because Switzerland has it now... And we do not have access to the sea dear piisfish, may i correct a little bit on that? the owner of that boat is a Swiss guy, the team onboard was international, the commander was a German! called: Mr. Schuermann! 3 times olympique champion in sailing. so, are you sure this fame is Swiss-made ? dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
base311 0 #34 March 11, 2004 yes of course, but that same argument could be made about many of the teams that have competed and won over the years (more often, recently, of course). Gardner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 561 #35 March 11, 2004 QuoteThe coffee maker with a built in timer and one that grinds the beans for you!!!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For operating instructions refer to any of Spider Robinson's "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon" series of sci fi novels. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #36 March 11, 2004 Jochen Schumann, yeah for sure, he was on the Swiss boat, he was not the skipper though, pretty sure it was a Kiwi... The Cup is in Geneva ! like this swiss guy M. Schumacher living down the street, he drives fast red cars... Oh, by the way, Schumi is transforming his new house, he'll be a neighbour of Ernesto (I know him personnally) Bertarelli (The Alinghi guy, owner and tactician of the boat), and that's 500 meters from where I live...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stateofnature 0 #37 March 11, 2004 slider grommets they are nice and smooth to shove in your anus for easy frozen hotdog insertion Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygazer 0 #38 March 11, 2004 The Debit Card (really great when you have money in your account) and pay at the gas pump and bacon in a box (the Oscar Meyer) bacon you nuke, Great stuff!!!!_______________________________________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paige 0 #39 March 11, 2004 QuotePussy DickTunnel Pink Mafia Delegate www.TunnelPinkMafia.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #40 March 11, 2004 wow! what a neighbourhood! seems, i'm living in a wrong place.. anyhow, Suisse is safe as Fort Knox, so the cup might remain in Geneva. and michael schumacher, this red-hot-car-driver: don't mind where he lives, as long as he's winning permanently. seems, he was inventing the proverb: never change a winning (car) team...[sl pls say hello to Ernesto next time you see him christel dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
panzwami 0 #41 March 11, 2004 that blue stuff you put your combs in.... Matt ----- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,651 #42 March 11, 2004 QuoteThe LaPlace Transform is tied with the Kalman Filter in my book. Yes, TheAnvil is a geek. I'm a happy geek. Hmmm - cars and planes were designed and built and radios and TVs and movies were made without either.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,651 #43 March 11, 2004 QuoteSeriously: The greatest invention in history was the printing press and movable type. Books and educational materials could be made cheap and knowledge found its way from the libraries of the nobility to the lower castes. ! Pointless (pun) if writing had not already been invented.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #44 March 11, 2004 Window screen. Everyday tasks are easier because we do not have the constant distraction of insects. If everything you did was a constant battle with irritation, your whole life would be drudgery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EdC 0 #45 March 11, 2004 Mine beeps when the coffee is ready. Does yours shut off after two hours so it doesn't burn the house down? Big Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbattman 0 #46 March 11, 2004 Quote Pointless (pun) if writing had not already been invented. HA! Good one! But seriously, symbol based communication was an important development. Next in the chain was a cheap, easily mass-produced tablet which was paper. Paper allowed much more written material than previous surfaces like vellum, clay, stone, papyrus, etc. But, you still needed people to hand scribe each copy. Thus, I give you movable type as the A #1 in history (IMHO). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #47 March 11, 2004 The "French Letter"... mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #48 March 11, 2004 The little plastic thing on the ends of shoelaces. Damn it would be hard to lace shoes without them. ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,651 #49 March 11, 2004 QuoteThe "French Letter"... mh . Reminds me of a line in a song: "My son my son you should have known better, When I was your age I used French Letter."... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theskydiveguy 0 #50 March 11, 2004 Cell Phones.. ok its chessy.. but hey cant seem to live without mine ;) Ok.. how about DZ.com ~Jeff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
