Greatest invention ever!

[kermit]

So my husband and I were having this conversation over dinner. He believes that aluminum foil is amazing and useful for tons of things. I piped in that Lasik surgery and the tampon are great additions as well. So other than the obvious, the bicycle...what's your favorite gadget that makes life a little easier?

[Zen]

hehehe

[Zen]

Also, according to the Red Hot Chili Peppers (and I tend to agree) the bicycle is a good invention (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLdRTFKXwZw).

[divingbiker]

I'm kinda partial to electricity. OK, it's not a gadget, but it's the best invention.

[zoom-zoom]

Cruise control
GPS (not so much for the car, but for running and biking)
internet

[kermit]

Online pizza ordering, amazing!

[7rider]

My brother's favorite line: "I wish I had invented Velcro."

[Tri Girl]

the Diva cup and the internet (or as I like to call it: my other brain).

Yeah, but the bike is pretty dang good, too!!!

[bmccasland]

not really a gadget...

birth control pills :cool:

[OakLeaf]

Duct tape. Because all your other favorite gadgets will eventually break and need to be fixed. ;)

[Veronica]

Writing - so we can have this "conversation."

Veronica

[Zen]

spel chek

[Grog]

Aqueducts and water at the tap.

[crazycanuck]

Light!

[colby]

Aside from all the other good stuff mentioned (I too love the online pizza ordering), I'm going to go with the washer and dryer, but especially the washer.

And maybe the refrigerator/freezer. Not sure which one I'd place higher. :)

Or maybe quorn.... I love to eat quorn.

Chocolate? Or coffee?

I feel pretty indecisive. So many little things!

[Selkie]

not really a gadget...

birth control pills :cool:

In the words of Meatloaf, "you took the words right out of my mouth!" :):):)

[ClockworkOrange]

Glue, I love repairing things and have a good selection.........bit of a tacky comment. :D

Clock

[Becky]

not really a gadget...

Birth control pills :cool:

+1!

[bambu101]

the sewing machine

[skhill]

all sorts of kitchen appliances-- the fridge and electric or gas stove (who wants to mess with iceboxes and open fires?). And especially the programmable coffee maker.

Bike helmets, that's a great one

Public transportation

[Zen]

And especially the programmable coffee maker.


That has to be one of the most unnecessary gadgets.

Coffee filter +tea strainer + boiling water= coffee

[7rider]

That has to be one of the most unnecessary gadgets.


I disagree.
The rice steamer doesn't do anything that a pot of boiling water can't do.

[Veronica]

Unneccessary to some... indispensible to others. I like having my coffee ready when I get up at 4 AM. :D

My niece would argue that birth control pills are unneccessary.

Veronica

[alimey]

The humble screw. Elegant design & soooo useful. Also where would our bikes be without them?

[Pedal Wench]

... Also where would our bikes be without them?

Where would our bikes be? In a pile of assorted bits and pieces on the side of the road...

[indigoiis]

Indoor plumbing.

[zoom-zoom]

Hmmm...if we are talking kitchen appliances I'd have to say the simple toaster oven. When we first bought our house we had to order appliances and we had a week or two without a stove/oven. We survived with an electric frying pan, a 2 burner electric cooktop, a toaster oven, and the crock pot. The toaster oven is still the countertop appliance that we use BY FAR the most. It's handy for baking or reheating small quantities and not heating up the entire house.

[Becky]

The toaster oven is still the countertop appliance that we use BY FAR the most. It's handy for baking or reheating small quantities and not heating up the entire house.

Definitely one of my favorites, although the coffeemaker is right up there too. I have a picture somewhere of our toaster oven set up in the garage, baking a casserole on a humid, 90+ degree day :D

[kermit]

I have a 4 am wake up, and there's nothing better than taking a cup of joe to work with me. I got another one, the bungee cord! There's nothing that can't be fixed with a bungee wrapped around it.

[arielmoon]

velcro

also the internet

[GLC1968]

In my world, the internet wins, hands down.

Without it I would not have my job or my house (or be farming at all). I would not have met any of my local friends. I would have given up on cycling after the first long ride (TE rocks). We would have lost a goat in childbirth and absolutely, the most important one: I would never have met my husband.


I do really like my thermal carafe coffee maker though. ;)

[Zen]

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (http://www.hepatitis-central.com/hcv/whatis/shunt.html)
Beats a coffee maker hands down

[lph]

I consider the "parts replacement" side of modern medicine to be nothing short of miracles:

- contact lenses (me, my dh, my son)

- bypass surgery (keeping my dad alive)

- hip replacement (keeping my mother mobile and painfree)

[roguedog]

hmm.. to me..

the wheel
agriculture

without either of those in our history we'd prob still be hunters n gathers living hand to mouth and no time to invent much. much less ride our bikes :D

[PinkBike]

ipod touch. hands down. more apps!!!! i got books, movies, games, dictionary, bible, gps, starbucks locator, wifi, contacts, math and language converters, Dont Leave Home Without It.

also, lasik.

and full-zip jerseys.

and the internet.

and DVR.

[Veronica]

ipod touch.

But will it make coffee? :D

Veronica

[Chicken Little]

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (http://www.hepatitis-central.com/hcv/whatis/shunt.html)
Beats a coffee maker hands down

Uh, well, maybe. The new prosthetic hips are kinda neat, too.

[zoom-zoom]

If I could pick only medical/surgical advancements...for me it would be reduction mammoplasty (ie reconstructive breast reduction), non-drowsy allergy meds, and inhaled steroids. Having smaller boobs, and minimized allergy and asthma symptoms have helped me go from overweight, big-boobed couch potato to relatively fit and happy woman.

[Zen]

Uh, well, maybe. The new prosthetic hips are kinda neat, too.

This isn't just kinda neat (though it is). It saved my life .

[Aggie_Ama]

Since it saved my Dad who was recently declared cancer free and no need for an oncologist - the colonoscopy. It is also diagnosed my husband before his Crohns needed surgery.

And for drugs, I love tPA for giving me back a 91 year old Mammaw and not a vegetable after her massive stroke. Chemistry can really rule!

More silly:
Air Conditioning
The wheel so I can get to work and ride my bike
Birth Control
Daily Contacts
DVR and the on screen tv guide
Hair Dye - I am totally not ready to embrace my white hair

[Chicken Little]

This isn't just kinda neat (though it is). It saved my life .
I would suppose that if were in me, I would be thinking it's the best invention ever, also.

Good for you.

[AllezGirl]

But will it make coffee? :D

Veronica

There's probably an app for that...

[Xrayted]

the snooze button.

tampons.

pain meds so I'm not a hurty, pukey b!tch once a month.

Turkey Hill Iced Tea and Seltzer's Lebanon bologna, which hallelujah, I can now get in OR. (if you have to ask, then I can't explain it to you)

spray bottles, which are cooling in the summer and frightening to the kitty who likes to stomp on me in the middle of the night.

flannel sheets in the winter.

wool socks anytime.

sleeping bags that zip together to make one big cozy one.

ear plugs.

nitrile gloves, sterile technique and disinfectant. (I work in a hospital)

sunglasses and sunblock.

comfortable shoes instead of having to wear heels. (what ******* man thought heels up anyway? you know it was a man. it had to be.)

pants for women.

the written word.

[malkin]

It looks like sliced bread just doesn't hold up anymore.

[kjay]

The computer — specifically, my big Mac! :-)

[marni]

duct tape- it is like the force- it has a dark side and a light side and it holds the universe together.

zip ties and velcro.

marni