Two cheers for Uncle Sam

[celandine]

On two occassions this SummerI had to approach the shore through thick fog with a strong cross-tide and rocks on either side. Each time I relied upon GPS to eliminate cross track error. On the second occassion, as my nerves were gradually getting back to normal, and the fog was clearing to show that yet again the little box ot tricks had me anchored within feet of where I wanted to be, I wholeheartedly blessed the US for setting up the GPS system. This got me thinking and I set myself the task of making the complete and definitive list of absolutely ALL the wonderful things that the Americans have given to the world over the years. And here it is:- Rock n' Roll; GPS; .... errr...... that seems to be it.

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[Twister_Ken]

You forgot

You seem to have forgotten Mark Twain, Sparkman and Stevens, Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream, Hinckley Yachts, Bob Dylan and Jack Daniels.

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[Metabarca]

Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck (but not the mouse), Tom Lehrer, photos of Mars

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[steve_cronin]

Then there\'s.....

automatic transmission, sealed beam headlights (in the 50's when we were crawling around with candles in bean cans), pump fed central heating systems, tubeless tyres, rayon, the white line down the middle of the road, civilised aspirations as to creature comforts in home and the means to provide affordable refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, waste disposers and microwave cookers, cars with proper heating and entertainment systems, zip fasteners, our freedom, 60 secondhand destroyers in 1941 (although we had to agree to 2 bases in the Carribean in exchange) and of course - the production line & Microsoft which like it or loath it contributes to everyone's work schedule every day of the year.

One we shouldn't of course forget is SOFT toilet paper (remember IZAL??)

Steve Cronin



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[mikewilkes]

After all this praise...

All they need to do now is sort out their weak currency!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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[FullCircle]

Levi's, the Beach Boys, the Blues, Leatherman tools, Snap-On Tools, Hamburgers, Chop Suey, pens that write upside down in zero gravity(the Russians used pencils), light bulbs, cure for Polio, Morse telegraph, Telephone, Sellotape, Aeroplanes, Transistors, Quartz Watch

...and the Atomic Bomb.

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[Moose]

"Aeroplanes"---Who makes the engines?

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Moose

 

[celandine]

Re: Then there\'s.....

Damn! How could I forget "soft toilet paper". Well, that's my argument down the pan, just when I was feeling flushed with success.

Mick

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[jimi]

George W Bush.

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[bruce]

hay, this is a family site!

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[Goodge]

Frasier !

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[steve_cronin]

Pratt & Whitney and General Electric don't they?

Steve Cronin



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[Twister_Ken]

Re: Two cheers for Clive Sinclair?

Didn't Sinclair do the 1st quartz watch?

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[KevB]

Re: Then there\'s.....

"our freedom"? Mmmm

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[benjenbav]

what did the romans do for us?

nm

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[Lightnup]

American tourists

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[KevB]

Light bulbs were first patented in Toronto Canada by a man called James Woodward in 1874, he then registered the US patent in 1876, Edison just bought the patent from Woodward in 1879.
And it was a French man Pierre Curie who discovered piezoelectricity (time keeping in quartz watches).

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[KevB]

Nylon Tights.

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[Robin]

My lovely wife, Jimmy Dean's Sausage/forums/images/icons/blush.gif, oh and bad spelling,

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[Becky]

Nylon stockings came first. It was just that the same machinery could make panty hose (tights to you) as well.
Also, several things mentioned, not going to go throught them again, were British inventions, its just that we can't market as well.

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