My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
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My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
Following on from Neil's observations in The Chain thread I thought it might be amusing to post up my choice of seven wonders of the modern world so here they are:
1 The Wheel
2 The Reciprocating Engine
3 The aerofoil
4 The silicon transistor
5 The photoelectric cell
6 The Light Emitting Diode
7 The FCF
And yours?
1 The Wheel
2 The Reciprocating Engine
3 The aerofoil
4 The silicon transistor
5 The photoelectric cell
6 The Light Emitting Diode
7 The FCF
And yours?
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
1. Beer
I'll have to get back to you for the other 6
I'll have to get back to you for the other 6
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
2. More Beer
3. Even more Beer
4. Shome more "hic" Beer
5. Lotsh more Beer
6. You're my beshtest Friend
7. BEER!!!
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
Roll on Henley!!!Hell Razor5543 wrote: ↑22 Aug 2020, 17:352. More Beer
3. Even more Beer
4. Shome more "hic" Beer
5. Lotsh more Beer
6. You're my beshtest Friend
7. BEER!!!
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
The miracle of refrigeration (and heat pumping more broadly).
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
Splitting the atom.
Crick, Watson and Wilkins and their 'discovery' of DNA.
Crick, Watson and Wilkins and their 'discovery' of DNA.
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
One of the absolute wonders of the modern world has to be how Trump still has so many millions of supporters.
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
It’s baffling. My great aunt in Mississippi is a Trump supporter. She’s a lovely old lady, and totally sane in every other aspect of life. Totally mad when Trump speaks - they simply believe everything he says whatever he says. Even when you point out the (easily verifiable) truth.
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
Michel wrote: ↑22 Aug 2020, 22:25
It’s baffling. My great aunt in Mississippi is a Trump supporter. She’s a lovely old lady, and totally sane in every other aspect of life. Totally mad when Trump speaks - they simply believe everything he says whatever he says. Even when you point out the (easily verifiable) truth.
As Einstein is supposed to have said:
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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My Great aunt emigrated when she was about 18. Grammar school education here in the UK before that. Still has some Lancastrian left in her (she told me to bugger off the other day - not a phrase from the Deep South!). Her brain simply switches off when the Trumptard speaks though.
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
I would add the NHS, a lot of us wouldn't be here now without them. What's wrong with germanium transistors?
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
Nothing at all Peter, in fact Germaniums produce much nicer flowers!
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Re: My Seven Wonders of the Modern World
I had a Bang & Olufsson receiver that hissed gently. Took it to the radio/TV engineer conveniently located in the building I lived in.
They said there was nothing they could do with it as it was the Germanium transistors and to convert to Silicon transistors would cost more than buying a new receiver. Had it for another ten or twelve years then replace it with a nice quiet Marantz one.
They said there was nothing they could do with it as it was the Germanium transistors and to convert to Silicon transistors would cost more than buying a new receiver. Had it for another ten or twelve years then replace it with a nice quiet Marantz one.