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sarge43

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3. Second that.

Reply to Doodley (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 08:42 PM

Jan 2020

Nothing like using an outhouse in the winter at night to make you appreciate the luxury of a flush toilet.

I'd put pottery, metal working and weaving on that list.

I'd substitute telegraph for telephone. The first practical use of electricity and the first rapid very long distant communication.

/on edit/Agricultural should be number 2.

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I think I nailed it. Doodley Jan 2020 #1

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Second that. sarge43 Jan 2020 #3

An invention we take for granted - road stoplight pole, (Red Light, Orange and Green) Stuart G Jan 2020 #4

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Thank You ...K and R your post...Great Post.. Stuart G Jan 2020 #6

Good point. sarge43 Jan 2020 #7

No clothes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #8

Fur and leather covers what needs to be covered, but cloth is better. n/t sarge43 Jan 2020 #9

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Even the trained professionals can't agree on a "greatest" list so I won't try to get into a abqtommy Jan 2020 #10

Um ... agriculture? BuffaloJackalope Jan 2020 #11

Great point..Modern agrigulture has saved all of us. Stuart G Jan 2020 #13

#3, Tool making. denbot Jan 2020 #14

I thought of 2 more, 1. thermostat 2. water purification systems. Stuart G Jan 2020 #15