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Date:         Sat, 3 May 2003 15:08:07 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Great inventions of the world
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> 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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