What One Invention In Your Lifetime?

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:38 pm

What one invention that has come about in your lifetime, has impacted your life more than any other?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:44 pm

Computers, software they use-nothing like writing with a word processor instead of using a typewriter.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:59 pm

chonsigirl;1107973 wrote: Computers, software they use-nothing like writing with a word processor instead of using a typewriter.

I'm not quite that old (Colossus was operational in 1943) so I'd have to say the fantastic plastic - the credit card has changed the world and not necessarily for the better.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:08 pm

Bryn Mawr;1107987 wrote: I'm not quite that old (Colossus was operational in 1943) so I'd have to say the fantastic plastic - the credit card has changed the world and not necessarily for the better.

But what has impacted your life---------that was the question.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:13 pm

Lon;1107998 wrote: But what has impacted your life---------that was the question.

My life would be totally different without the magic money - it's provided my livelihood for most of my working life

Kindle · Post by **Kindle** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:28 pm

Lon;1107964 wrote: What one invention that has come about in your lifetime, has impacted your life more than any other?

Computer

It made my job easier and the internet has been educational, medically helpful, an immediate contact with friends and family, tracked our daughters travels through Europe and is currently fabulous entertainment through FG.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:17 pm

I read the mammagram machine was invented in 1966 I would have to say that machine, as it saved my mother.

minks · Post by **minks** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:24 pm

Jester;1108080 wrote: The gun/gunpowder.

oooo you are some old there big J

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:36 pm

the world of Computer as they are what pay my bills.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:25 pm

Bryn Mawr;1108003 wrote: My life would be totally different without the magic money - it's provided my livelihood for most of my working life

Not as a consumer I take it. As a computer consultant, how did the magic money provide your livelihood?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:59 am

Lon;1108110 wrote: Not as a consumer I take it. As a computer consultant, how did the magic money provide your livelihood?

As you say, as a computer consultant - my baby is one of the largest card acquisition platforms in the world and the job's provided me with a good living for the past twenty years.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:53 am

I would have to say the computer also. I do my bills, look up info, kids projects go alot faster.

cars · Post by **cars** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:57 am

I don't know too many people who can't live without their "CELL phone"! :wah:

(In the work place, I used to call company cell phones electronic leashes!)

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:07 am

The Pet rock and the mood ring. Without the pet rock I wouldnt have had anything to smash my mood ring with..:rolleyes:

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:10 am

YZGI;1108350 wrote: The Pet rock and the mood ring. Without the pet rock I wouldnt have had anything to smash my mood ring with..:rolleyes:

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl I had both of those things:yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:11 am

Don't forget the bean bag chair:wah:

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:23 am

Viagra, no wait, I meant the micro chip, changed absolutely the way we do everything.

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:31 am

jimbo;1108385 wrote: viagra and micro should never ever be used in the same sentance

:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:50 am

mikeinie;1108376 wrote: Viagra, no wait, I meant the micro chip, changed absolutely the way we do everything.

Do you want to buy some???

For me, it has to be my hi fi..................... Get Down :guitarist:guitarist:guitarist:guitarist:guitarist

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:51 am

jimbo;1108385 wrote: viagra and micro should never ever be used in the same sentance

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:57 am

jimbo;1108443 wrote: watch it ducky she is after your feathers :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

She'll have to catch me first.:wah:

Hah, microwave...don't own one at the mo though.

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:25 am

For me, I'd have to say the internet. It has made the world so much smaller and has enabled me to make friends with people from places which I am unlikely to ever visit

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:30 am

jimbo;1108443 wrote: watch it ducky she is after your feathers :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
Eider better leave them then.

The Super Dooper Boulder Shoulder Holder Push Up Bra as well.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:32 am

oscar;1108515 wrote: Eider better leave them then.

The Super Dooper Boulder Shoulder Holder Push Up Bra as well.

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl That is what Q calls my bras except I don't have super dooper boulders:wah:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:37 am

qsducks;1108517 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl That is what Q calls my bras except I don't have super dooper boulders:wah:

Sorry to hear that Q.

I have massive wobbly melons that need a JCB to hold them up.

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:38 am

jimbo;1108518 wrote: to much info :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

TMI:yh_rotfl Ok, how about the jock strap?

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:39 am

qsducks;1108522 wrote: TMI:yh_rotfl Ok, how about the jock strap?

Who gmc ??? He's fine :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:40 am

jimbo;1108516 wrote: you have cyber friends in pompey :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Exactly. :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:43 am

Those slimming big pants thingy

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:06 am

Id have to say the construction of the Berlin wall is right there at the top of my list. 96 miles of barbed wire and reinforced concrete is better than a warm puppy on Christmas morning. Checkpoint Charlie, thats my middle name.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:11 am

jimbo;1108528 wrote: mr peter lake needs a hand then :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

That bucket on the JCB is one of my cup sizes.

Shame about the job losses, i'd better stock up on JCB's before they go BUST :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Construction machinery firm JCB has announced it is to cut 684 jobs.

JCB staff had agreed to pay cuts to stave off job cuts

The firm blamed a lack of credit available from banks to fund machine purchases and continuing low confidence for the decision.

Several sites will be hit by the cuts, including plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham in North Wales.

The job losses affect 593 shopfloor and 91 staff positions and are in addition to 1,000 redundancies announced since July.

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JCB employs around 7,900 globally, with around 4,800 in the UK, including more than 4,300 in Staffordshire.

Workers at the company voted to reduce their hours last year in a bid to save jobs, a move which the firm said has protected over 300 employees from the threat of redundancy.

Production in the UK in the first three months of 2009 will be around 75% lower than at the same time last year, the company said.

But the problem for most of business is not the thought of recruiting more staff, but whether or not they can afford to hang on to their existing workers.

Michael Wilson on how to solve job insecurity

JCB chief executive Matthew Taylor said: "Back in November we forecast a moderate second quarter recovery in 2009 based on the fact that Governments around the world had pumped a huge amount of money into recapitalising financial institutions and had committed to stimulus packages which included significant spending on public construction projects.

"Two months later, despite the recapitalisation, customers are still struggling to buy machines because of a lack of available credit."

I have a stimulus package as well. Ohhhhhh Matron!!!

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:19 am

Johnny on the Spot's can come in real handy at times.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:37 am

cell phone, it's hard to imagine now not having access to a phone whenever you need it or being able to reach someone right away.

the internet too...I wouldn't have met all you crazy.....*cough*.....I mean wonderful people!

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:38 am

YZGI;1108573 wrote: Johnny on the Spot's can come in real handy at times.

are those his and hers??