My Could Have Been a Champion Invention ?

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
With people whinging & whining about AO..I thought I'd add a "Non political " post to the door...



So here is is..drum roll....



I've discovered a new way to waterproof matches..



Yippee I hear you say...



Well most matches are dipped in wax which runs an burns fingers..



So here is my idea...



Pour a half a glass or so of turpentine into a tin and drop ordinary matches into the liquid.



Let it set for 5 minutes.



Drain off turps..lay matches on newspaper to fully dry..



That's it..they are now fully waterproof..



Just for fun take one of your new matches, drop it into water..leave it for a minute... wipe it off & I guarantee that it will strike perfectly..with no runny residue..



Cute trick.. Much cheaper than those off the shelf ones..



So what little thing have you invented or the like that can rank as a " Could have been champion invention "
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  • Reply 1 of 23
    When I was thirteen I had a fantastic idea.



    Why not get an encoder in a tape player that could convert audio to digital code? You could read and write CD quality audio to tape!



    I invented DAT.
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  • Reply 2 of 23
    When I was eight, I figured out that if you could flood a person who had HIV with the copies of the binding site for the virus (CD-4 receptor, I think) then you could slow infection and "cure" the disease. Too bad some company almost simultaneously tried this method and failed...it seems the little bugger of a virus likes to hide, and does it well.
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  • Reply 3 of 23
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Aquafire



    I've discovered a new way to waterproof matches..





    I am not sure whether I read your "new" way here first or somewhere else, but it may not be that new... :-/
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  • Reply 4 of 23
    pbg3pbg3 Posts: 211member
    I invented 3 way calling...
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  • Reply 5 of 23
    giantgiant Posts: 6,041member
    I invented sex.



    One of my girlfriends and I were just sitting there naked one night and I was all, "I bet this fits in there." And it worked! The rest is history.



    No thanks necessary. It was my pleasure.
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  • Reply 6 of 23
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Too bad she thought otherwise...





    When I was 7 or 8, I got hooked on the idea of underwater breathing apparatuses, after reading Jacque Cousteau's biography. I figured that if fish could breathe, it could be replicated. A synthetic hemoglobin in a high-surface-area matrix (a sponge gel) would be a good O2 extractor, and a slight electric current of the right voltage would release it from the binding sites... even figured out the voltages/amperages needed, the gel volume needed, the amount of water that would have to be pumped through, etc, for an average sized adult. The batteries to run it were a problem though... I ended up dropping it, since gee, I was just a kid...



    Ten years later a group at Duke produced a revolutionary system for producing O2 underwater for divers... yup, it was identical. (Of course, it probably took them 15 years to get the engineering worked out... )
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  • Reply 7 of 23
    giantgiant Posts: 6,041member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    Too bad she thought otherwise...



    No, you're thinking of fellatio. I heard that was invented by some guy in Chapel Hill, NC.



    As a kid, I used to think a lot about rail guns before I knew they existed. I made a couple of low-power models, but since they were made just from hardware store parts they basically just lobbed the projectile at pretty low speeds.
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  • Reply 8 of 23
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Originally posted by giant



    " invented sex.



    One of my girlfriends and I were just sitting there naked one night and I was all, "I bet this fits in there." And it worked! The rest is history.



    No thanks necessary. It was my pleasure.




    That raises an interesting conundrum akin to the chicken & the egg.



    Since one presumes you had parents, they must have "willed" you into existence rather than melding on the physical plane...
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  • Reply 9 of 23
    giantgiant Posts: 6,041member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Aquafire

    That raises an interesting conundrum akin to the chicken & the egg.



    Since one presumes you had parents, they must have "willed" you into existence rather than melding on the physical plane...



    fellowship will explain it.



    Just kidding. Everyone knows storks used to bring babies. Duh
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  • Reply 10 of 23
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by giant

    fellowship will explain it.



    Just kidding. Everyone knows storks used to bring babies. Duh




    Immaculate Conception....?



    I don't remember any storks being involved in the manger story...
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  • Reply 11 of 23
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Just to note the quote is "I could have been a contender" spoken by Marlon Brando's character in On The Waterfront. Which I'm going to add to my rental que now.
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  • Reply 12 of 23
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Scott

    Just to note the quote is "I could have been a contender" spoken by Marlon Brando's character in On The Waterfront. Which I'm going to add to my rental que now.



    That's interesting Scott.

    I kinda was referring to " Could have been champions " as used in OZ to show home videos of amateur footballers playing and goofing up in their attempts to score a goal, tackle etc.



    They play as if "They could have been Champions " ....at least in their own minds...



    I think you would enjoy watching it..
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  • Reply 13 of 23
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Um? I don't think Netflix has that.
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  • Reply 14 of 23
    giantgiant Posts: 6,041member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Scott

    Just to note the quote is "I could have been a contender" spoken by Marlon Brando's character in On The Waterfront. Which I'm going to add to my rental que now.



    I know most folks are all about the car scene with his brother, but the whole sequence where he takes her glove while they are chatting, sits in the swing and absentmindedly puts it on his hand and plays with it is by far one of the best scenes ever recorded on film.
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  • Reply 15 of 23
    aquafireaquafire Posts: 2,758member
    I just saw a documentary about the American war of Independence..



    In it they referred to the use of the worlds' first submarine, the Nautilus.



    Turns out amongst other things, that it's inventor used natural light emitting lichen & fungus to illuminate the interior of the submarine...



    Now that is a stroke of genius based on simple observation and use of natural at hand materials...



    Impressive.. 8)
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  • Reply 16 of 23
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by giant

    No, you're thinking of fellatio. I heard that was invented by some guy in Chapel Hill, NC.



    You're thinking Durham. I'm sure I could track down his number if you need it though...
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  • Reply 17 of 23
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Aquafire

    Immaculate Conception....?



    I don't remember any storks being involved in the manger story...




    Thats not what the Immaculate Conception refers to. Most people think it refers to Christ but in fact it refers to his mother, Mary. When she was conceived in HER mother's womb it was an "immaculate" conception because she was conceived without "Original Sin". Only someone without the stain of original sin could give birth to Christ....or so the story goes. Mary was in fact conceived in the "normal" (wink wink hubba hubba) way.



    So now you know....and knowing is half the battle.
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  • Reply 18 of 23
    p.s.



    i invented battles, knowing and Christ.
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  • Reply 19 of 23
    I always thought that they should have movie theater seats built for two. It would be great for Date Night. . Then just the other day I finally walked into a theater with them. I've also come across theaters where the arm can now fold up. I just wished they had these back when I was younger.



    ART JeRK
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  • Reply 20 of 23
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    I think some places do have seating for two.
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