Really useless inventions....
- Thread starter Pappy
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Don M.
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- central Missouri
There are countless useless inventions, even today. Most of them wind up "As Seen on TV", for $19.95, plus processing and handling....But Wait...if you order within the next 10 minutes, they will send you 2 useless items, just pay processing and handling.
Falcon
DV8
- Location
- So. California
Where's the Edsel?
Bonzo
Member
- Location
- East London
A chocolate fire guard
jnos
Member
- Location
- Southwestern Montana
You have those lines down pat, Don, but can you sing?
layful:
Pappy
Living the Dream
At our local flea market, there is a whole booth set up with, As seen on TV junk, so they still must be selling this stuff.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] When NASA started sending astronauts into space they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity.
> To combat this problem, Congress approved a program and NASA scientists spent a decade and over $165 million developing
a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, on almost any surface and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.
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> The Russians used a pencil…
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> To combat this problem, Congress approved a program and NASA scientists spent a decade and over $165 million developing
a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, on almost any surface and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.
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> The Russians used a pencil…
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The Isolator - 1925. Invented by science fiction pioneer Hugi Gernsbeck, the "Isolator" was designed to help focus the mind when reading or writing, by rendering the wearer deaf, piping them full of oxygen and eliminating all outside noise and distractions.
Falcon
DV8
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- So. California
Every husband should have an "Isolator".
Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
and a wife standing on the hose!!!
Falcon
DV8
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- So. California
:lol1: Aunt Bea
Pappy
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hauntedtexan
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- Central TX
I just wish I could have been a scientist on the test team....
hauntedtexan
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- Central TX
Hole in One?
Pappy
Living the Dream
Butterfly
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- Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
Clearly, some people don't have enough to do!
"As steamship travel became more popular and affordable in the mid-19th century, a nautical-minded inventor by the name of Newell proposed an "oscillating" couch that kept passengers level as the ship listed over the waves. Looking a lot like the hollowed-out shell of an oversized coconut, the teetering half-sphere was lined with plush cushions and came with its own fixed coffee table. Intended to prevent seasickness, unfortunately, the creation was probably just as likely to induce it."
