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  1. BrAdY

    BrAdY Well-Known Member

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    No, not the obvious ones such as the wheel or the telephone but inventions we perhaps take for granted or don't get the credit they deserve

    I will begin by choosing

    Steps/stairs
    Imagine life without them, a ladder to the 1st floor of your house wpuld be an uncomfortable situation..
     
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  2. DJBlackandamberarmy(No4)

    DJBlackandamberarmy(No4) Well-Known Member

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    Darts walk on girls
     
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    Craigo Well-Known Member

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    sat nav

    edit; No, change that to hankies. Imagine what it was like before them.
     
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  4. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    carpet for the stairs
     
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    Cheese
     
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  6. BrAdY

    BrAdY Well-Known Member

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    That is very under rated
     
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  7. DJBlackandamberarmy(No4)

    DJBlackandamberarmy(No4) Well-Known Member

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    The little pointy bit on the cap of cream so you can pierce the foil , just wish I'd realised before i was 34 <laugh>
     
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    I didn't notice it till I was 47 :headbang:
     
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    dennisboothstash Well-Known Member

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    Alcoholic drinks
     
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    Hinges

    Not a typo...or tennis player.
     
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    Mushy Peas
     
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  12. Sir Cheshire Ben

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    May as well close the thread now.

    It's peaked.
     
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    Handles
    Forks
    Candles
     
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  14. Ernie Shackleton

    Ernie Shackleton Well-Known Member

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    Seed drill.

    Jethro Tull.

    1701.

    Agricultural revolution.



    Get in. After 40 ****ing years O Level History comes in useful.
     
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    Jimmy Graham's bald head Well-Known Member

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    Bacon
     
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    Flushing toilets.
     
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  17. Ernie Shackleton

    Ernie Shackleton Well-Known Member

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    Richard Arkwright's Water Frame, James Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny and John Kay's Flying Shuttle.

    Without which you'd all be naked now or summat.


    I got a CSE Grade 1 but it counts as an O Level grade C so all the doubters can **** off.


    Made it Ma! Top of the world!
     
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    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    I suffered doing that for my History O Level 50 years ago. No battles, wars, mayhem. Not proper history.
     
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    Mayo. Could you imagine chips without it? Madness.

    Pineapple cutter. There was literally no way to eat one before these were invented. Now a few quick twists and a push down on the cutter, you have perfect chunks.
     
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    The Hydrogen Bomb
     
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