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[GH85Carrera]

128 years ago, the Nellie Johnstone No. 1 became the first commercially productive oil well in Oklahoma (still Indian Territory, at that time). Named for the daughter of the oilman who drilled it, the well was completed on April 15, 1897 and produced over 100,000 barrels of oil before being capped in 1948. The land where the well was situated was sold to the city of Bartlesville in 1915, and remains open to the public as Johnstone Park to this day. You can find the park's location and more info at https://tinyurl.com/JohnstoneParkGC

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by jcwade

What are those things in the bottom right?

Fondue forks?

[GH85Carrera]

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That is also where an old school American muscle car guy asks "WTF?".

With no shortage of images available depicting every engine imaginable, why would the creator of this meme resort to an AI generated image? There are so many things wrong with this one that it cannot possibly even be an engine. Like the seven fingered "super models".

The real ones are so much cooler.

[jrj3rd]

Originally Posted by jcwade

What are those things in the bottom right?

Chalk holder to put lines on chalkboard for music classes. Creates the music staff.

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[GH85Carrera]

[Bill Douglas]

[Bill Douglas]

[GH85Carrera]

[jcwade]

Originally Posted by jrj3rd

Chalk holder to put lines on chalkboard for music classes. Creates the music staff.

Ah, yes. I remember those now. It would have been easier if they had included the wooden part.

[GH85Carrera]

[Bill Douglas]

Ah, so that's what it's for...

[GH85Carrera]

A group of men photographed by Arthur Rothstein outside a post office and store in Nethers, Virginia, United States in October 1935.
Credit: sebcolorisation






Texas has a knack for changing the world, and the handheld calculator is proof! Back in 1967, Texas Instruments (TI) unveiled the 'Cal-Tech,' the first-ever portable electronic calculator, born in Dallas. This wasn’t just a gadget—it was a revolution. Before this, calculators were bulky, desk-bound machines that weighed pounds and cost a fortune. Then came Jack Kilby (the Nobel Prize-winning mind behind the integrated circuit), Jerry Merryman, and James Van Tassel, a trio of TI engineers tasked with shrinking the future into your hand.
It all started in 1965 when TI’s leadership challenged their team to create something portable enough to replace slide rules and massive adding machines. After two years of tinkering, the result was a 6-inch-long, battery-powered marvel that could add, subtract, multiply, and divide—pretty advanced for the time! Weighing about 45 ounces, it wasn’t exactly pocket-sized by today’s standards, but it was a giant leap forward. The prototype, now preserved at the Smithsonian, used Kilby’s microchip tech to crunch numbers on a tiny thermal printer strip.
Patented in 1974, the Cal-Tech laid the groundwork for the sleek calculators we know today. By the 1970s, TI was mass-producing affordable versions, putting math power in classrooms and offices worldwide.

[Steve Carlton]

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[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

She was a double agent?

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