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Simple inventions that stand the test of time.
Thinking of common, simple objects that were invented decades or more ago and which are still used in basically the same iteration...
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"I would be a tone-deaf heathen if I didn't call the engine astounding. If it had been invented solely to make noise, there would be shrines to it in Rome" |
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07-01-2014, 04:59 AM
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Sliced Bread
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Toilets.
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07-01-2014, 05:02 AM
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07-01-2014, 05:18 AM
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My uncle has a country place, that no one knows about. He said it used to be a farm, before the motor law. '72 911T 2,2S motor '76 BMW 2002 |
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07-01-2014, 05:27 AM
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Concrete.
Invented by the Romans. Today we have some fancy versions but basic concrete is pretty much the same stuff.
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Glen 49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America 1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan 1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood! |
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07-01-2014, 05:57 AM
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mechanical wrist watch, spoons, knifes, handtools
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07-01-2014, 06:27 AM
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07-01-2014, 06:34 AM
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iDrive!
No, wait ... what was the question?
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07-01-2014, 06:49 AM
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'78 SC Targa ~Brynhild~ Insta: @911saucy "The car has been the cave wall on which Industrial Man has painted his longings and desires." -Eddie Alterman- |
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07-01-2014, 07:16 AM
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Not sure this qualifies as an "invention", but my brother told us how impressed he was recently when he pulled our father's 40-year-old+ 17' stern-end aluminum Grumman canoe out of his barn. He said it looks brand-new...with no maintenance whatsoever over the years.
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"I would be a tone-deaf heathen if I didn't call the engine astounding. If it had been invented solely to make noise, there would be shrines to it in Rome" |
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07-01-2014, 09:02 AM
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07-01-2014, 10:13 AM
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Shoe horn.
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07-01-2014, 10:57 AM
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07-01-2014, 11:05 AM
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07-01-2014, 11:06 AM
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The tooth brush.
oh yeah! toilet tissue. |
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07-01-2014, 11:57 AM
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Das Eos-Gone But Not Forgotten...
Battle Wagon
911SC 3.0
1972 Porsche 911 T/S 1971 2,2S
Gretta
Hansel
Carrera
1988 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2
1983 Porsche 911sc Cabriolet 3.0
1973 Porsche 914 1.7 very modifed
My former car
