it has to be the thermos, it keeps the hot things hot and the cold things cold.... how does it know.
-------Original Message------- From: James Walldow <jwall@ARCTIC.NET> Sent: 05/05/03 01:57 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Great inventions of the world > > ha............next time your sitting there just think of how good ya feel afterwards.............the toilet.........best invention.................james Joel Walker wrote: >>In my opinion the greatest invention in the world is bread >> >(taking a > >>near inedible object and turning it to a wonderful confection.) >> >Others > >>may argue for beer, but that's a Fryday subject..... >>Another great invention is Air Conditioning. So the GoldBricks >> >AC's > >>fan(s) stop working during the winter (I do try to run my AC at >> >least > >>every couple of weeks in winter to keep the oil throughout the >>system....) So today (friday that is) I spent a few hours >> >working on > >>it... >> > >aw, you young whippersnappers, wimps all of ya!!! > >the greatest invention in the world was .... > >running water INside the house!!! :) > >unca joel >who , as a yuth, used ta hafta carry buckets of water into the >house (from the pullup-another-bucket-on-a-rope well) for cooking >and bathing. seriously. ain't sorry at all that it went out of >fashion. ;) > > |
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