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yorbcbud Lounge Wizard Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 4903 Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада	Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:00 pm    Post subject: Greatest inventions I watched a program tonight on the greatest Canadian inventions. I thought it was amazing, what we've invented here. Some are silly, but some are very good, and used all over the world. 1. Light Bulb 2. Insulin 3. Telephone 4. Five-pin bowling 5. Wonderbra 6. Pacemaker 7. Robertson screw 8. Zipper 9. Electric Wheelchair 10. Poutine 11. Cobalt-60 “Bomb” Cancer Treatment 12. Java programming language 13. Bloody Caesar 14. Canadarm 15. Standard Time 16. Electron Microscope 17. Ski-Doo 18. BlackBerry 19. Radio Voice Transmission 20. Birch-Bark Canoe 21. Basketball 22. Retractable Beer Carton Handle 23. UV Degradable Plastics 24. Instant Replay 25. Goalie mask 26. Marquis Wheat 27. Pablum 28. Lacrosse 29. Electric Oven 30. Fog horn 31. Walkie-Talkie 32. Alkaline battery 33. Paint roller 34. Electronic Music Synthesizer 35. Weevac 6 36. Green Garbage Bag 37. Snowblower 38. Self-Propelled Combine Harvester 39. Instant Mashed Potatoes 40. Explosives Vapour Detector 41. Marine Screw Propeller 42. Plexiglas 43. Key Frame Animation 44. CPR-Mannequin: “Actar 911” 45. G-Suit 46. Ardox Spiral Nail 47. Automatic Lubricating Cup 48. Crash-Position Indicator 49. Caulking gun
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Groobs Lounge Lizard Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 83 Location: China (but missing St Pete!)	Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:30 pm    Post subject: Oh boy have u ever opened a can of worms here,,,,,,,,,, (is worm-can opener on the list?) Just to drop "light bulb" into wiki reveals the start of enough argumentative material for what could be the longest WTR thread ever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_bulb Canada can be proud enough of Bryan Adams, I would stop there if I were u!
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yorbcbud Lounge Wizard Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 4903 Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада	Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:58 pm    Post subject: Groobs wrote: Oh boy have u ever opened a can of worms here,,,,,,,,,, (is worm-can opener on the list?) Just to drop "light bulb" into wiki reveals the start of enough argumentative material for what could be the longest WTR thread ever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_bulb Canada can be proud enough of Bryan Adams, I would stop there if I were u! The original light bulb was invented by two Canadians, and they sold the patent to Edison for 5,000 dollars. He then marketed it. I don't care much for Bryan Adams' music, although I am proud he's a Canadian. My favourite Canadian musician is actually Leonard Cohen. Amazing songwriter. As far as the can of worms goes, its fine with me. I'd rather talk about these things than endure some people's juvenile posts. The invention I'm most proud of is Banting and Best's insulin. They sold the patent for one dollar, so it could be mass produced. Very noble in my opinion. Here is more info on them. http://www.cbc.ca/inventions/ Feel free to comment on anything you want.
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CarlSpackler Frequent Guest Joined: 17 Nov 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Highway 101	Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:18 pm    Post subject: Poutine will always remind me partying till dawn in Montreal…
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:12 am    Post subject: I want to visit Montreal...I've heard wonderful things about it
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krasatulya VIP Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 590	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:22 am    Post subject: I never went to Montreal, but I loved Quebec City. You feel like you're in Europe when you're in Old Town!
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jo-jo-7 Just Starting Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 6	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:19 am    Post subject: surfguy wrote: I want to visit Montreal...I've heard wonderful things about it That could be the next place we go.......
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MrSpice Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3431	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:35 am    Post subject: With yourbcbud, it's always something Canadian that is so proud of. There was a tremendous number of inventions that started in the US, obviously. But that's not the point. It does not matter really. If you take many of these inventions, some of them came from other countries, or other counties' scientists contributed to the development of them. For example, take a look at the history of Insulin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin Light bulb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_bulb#History_of_the_light_bulb Thomas Edison alone had more inventions than all of Canada, I think (except for the wonderbra, perhaps).
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:51 am    Post subject: Why are we trying to justify Canada? Who cares just enjoy where you live. Things are invented al over the world. I mean PIZZA came from New York and not Italy...but does it really matter. The United States invented Brittney Spears and certainly I don't care!
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MrSpice Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3431	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:08 am    Post subject: surfguy wrote: Why are we trying to justify Canada? Who cares just enjoy where you live. Things are invented al over the world. I mean PIZZA came from New York and not Italy...but does it really matter. The United States invented Brittney Spears and certainly I don't care! The bigger point is that Canada is not known for inventions. Most of the greatest inventions in the old times came from Europe. And most of the modern inventions came from the US, as did most of the Nobel prize winners. Canada should be proud of its natural resources and hockey - especially hockey
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:19 am    Post subject: yes...hockey and maple syrup! I like em both
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MrSpice Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3431	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:20 am    Post subject: Look at the Nobel prize award count. Interestingly, many award winners listed as Canadians actually live or have lived in the United States, like University of Chicago professor and writer Soul Bellow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_laureates_by_country#Laureate_count_per_nation
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yorbcbud Lounge Wizard Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 4903 Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:31 am    Post subject: CarlSpackler wrote: Poutine will always remind me partying till dawn in Montreal… Yeah, we call it heart attack in a bowl.
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yorbcbud Lounge Wizard Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 4903 Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:36 am    Post subject: MrSpice wrote: With yourbcbud, it's always something Canadian that is so proud of. There was a tremendous number of inventions that started in the US, obviously. But that's not the point. It does not matter really. If you take many of these inventions, some of them came from other countries, or other counties' scientists contributed to the development of them. For example, take a look at the history of Insulin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin Light bulb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_bulb#History_of_the_light_bulb Thomas Edison alone had more inventions than all of Canada, I think (except for the wonderbra, perhaps). Insulin was invented by Banting and Best in Toronto, Period. Two canadians invented the light bulb. We also invented the zipper. Now all we have to do is invent a way to affix it to your mouth so that it can be zipped shut. The patents say who invented what. Talk crap all you want Spicey. These are all legitimate Canadian discoveries. Again, two words, shut up. Your brain is leaking all it's grey matter on your keyboard.
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yorbcbud Lounge Wizard Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 4903 Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада	Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:44 am    Post subject: surfguy wrote: Why are we trying to justify Canada? Who cares just enjoy where you live. Things are invented al over the world. I mean PIZZA came from New York and not Italy...but does it really matter. The United States invented Brittney Spears and certainly I don't care! I'm not trying to justify anything, or anyone. As I stated in the first post, I saw a program on CBC, and I thought I might share it with everyone. It's Spicey who has to run in and saying America is better. I did nothing of the sort. Canada is Canada. I like it so why shouldn't I say good things about it? I'm surprised Spicey didn't run in and tell everyone to stay away from Quebec because of the "secret french police". BTW Quebec is incredible to visit, especially in the winter. The have a hotel made completely out of ice. There is a huge winter carnival there as well. And Krasatulya is right. It's more like a european city than just about anywhere in North America. I guarantee you'd have a good time. Here's a link for the Ice Hotel. The only other one I believe is in Sweden. http://www.icehotel-canada.com/en/images/tour/index.en.php
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