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godfry n. glad · 07-04-2003, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by warrenly
I vote for indoor plumbing. Yep, don't know what I'd do without it.

Actually, a friend's great-grandmother was asked at her 100th birthday, "What was the greatest invention in the your 100 years?" She said "Running water." She spent most of her youth and the first 30 years of marriage hauling buckets of water from a spring a quarter mile from their house. I guess it's all in your personal perspective.

Warren, flushing away, in Oklahoma

If you apply the discovery of fire and the reality of gravity to running water, you get one of my favorites, hot running water and....drum roll, please..."the shower".

Applied science.

gng

....toilet paper's pretty nice, too.

07-04-2003, 11:35 PM

That's easy, the soft taco and/or cheese in a can.
I'm a bit shocked no one else feels the same.

Darwin26 · 07-05-2003, 12:17 AM

yes m.e.h. over looked but i thought that the soft taco, canned cheese, and refried beans came down the mountain with Moses, his note pad and hot sauce.

Mageth · 07-08-2003, 08:02 AM

One I missed:

Living in the sweltering southern U.S.: AIR CONDITIONING!

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07-05-2003, 12:17 AM	#33
Darwin26 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Encino, CA Posts: 806	O My Cod yes m.e.h. over looked but i thought that the soft taco, canned cheese, and refried beans came down the mountain with Moses, his note pad and hot sauce.

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07-04-2003, 11:35 PM	#32
m.e.h. Guest Posts: n/a	That's easy, the soft taco and/or cheese in a can. I'm a bit shocked no one else feels the same.

07-08-2003, 08:02 AM	#34
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	One I missed: Living in the sweltering southern U.S.: AIR CONDITIONING!

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