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Offline Halo

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« Reply #30 on: August 02, 2007, 01:14:43 PM »
gotta distinguish between basics and luxuries:

water system
electricity and natural gas (okay, it's a double)
sewage system

motor vehicles
air conditioning and refrigeration (another double)
computers and internet (yet another double)
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. (Seneca, 1st century AD, et al)
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Offline Sikboy

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« Reply #31 on: August 02, 2007, 01:20:04 PM »
Machine Gun
Cluster Bomb
Ballistic Missile



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Me: Meh, whatever.

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« Reply #32 on: August 02, 2007, 02:24:12 PM »
Body Armour

Penacillin

Cafe Mocha Frappuccino

Offline FBBone

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« Reply #33 on: August 02, 2007, 02:27:59 PM »
sliced bread (not invented, just perfected)

distilled spirits

internal combustion engine

Offline AWMac

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« Reply #34 on: August 02, 2007, 02:47:16 PM »
Beer

Beer

Beer


Mac

Offline VOR

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« Reply #35 on: August 02, 2007, 04:10:58 PM »
personal computers
fast food/ drive thru restaurants
24 hour news


Not my fav 3 inventions, but the 3 I think most fuel the need for instant gratification.

Offline bj229r

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« Reply #36 on: August 02, 2007, 07:37:30 PM »
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Originally posted by AWMac
Beer

Beer

Beer


Mac

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« Reply #37 on: August 02, 2007, 07:42:12 PM »
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Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain

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« Reply #38 on: August 02, 2007, 09:38:15 PM »
lol no one said it yet


squelch
search button
HTC

Offline Maniac

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« Reply #39 on: August 03, 2007, 05:34:06 AM »
Toilet
Toilet Paper
McDonalds
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Offline G0ALY

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« Reply #40 on: August 03, 2007, 10:42:39 AM »
For pure convenience...

#1 The twist-off beer bottle cap.
#2 The Stir Crazy popcorn popper.
#3Cruise control.
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« Reply #41 on: August 03, 2007, 12:58:02 PM »
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Indoor plumbing (all of it)
 


Anybody who has lived long enough to remember what it was like to have to use an outhouse should choose this as the single most important convenience of our lifetime.

My family is from rural Oklahoma and Texas and later from Bakersfield, Ca.

I remember having to use the outhouse, a double holer with different size holes, while working on my uncles farm in Ok back in the mid 50's and early 60's. As late as 1965 my grand parents still had a single holer in Bakersfield, hot summer days were a real biatch trying to do your business while holding your breath.

Indoor plumbing, what a great concept!