CONFESSS!!!!!!! What do you perceive is the greatest thing since sliced bread

LynneSin

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Thu May-05-11 10:54 AM
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CONFESSS!!!!!!! What do you perceive is the greatest thing since sliced bread

Let's put a list together.

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snooper2

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Thu May-05-11 11:08 AM
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1. semiconductors

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dixiegrrrrl

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Fri May-06-11 10:36 AM
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51. This job market has been hell on conductors, I agree. Had no idea they were downsizing, tho.

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Deep13

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Thu May-05-11 11:13 AM
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2. sliced ham nt

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Bake

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Thu May-05-11 11:25 AM
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3. Guitars

Specifically, Martin guitars.

:hi:

Bake

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Thu May-05-11 12:48 PM
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14. Geddy Lee!!!

How are you doing with your meds, Bake? :rofl:
*like this wasn't the most predictable response to a poster EVER* ;)

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Bake

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Thu May-05-11 12:56 PM
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15. Darn it, TZ, I told you! It's just "Geddy."

Life is lovely here at the home. The food is nice. The flowers are nice. I like kittens.

:hi:

Bake

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hifiguy

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Thu May-05-11 05:11 PM
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31. The electric bass guitar, natch.

Martins have been around since before pre-sliced bread. Since 1833, in fact. Well before bread-slicing machines.

Leo Fender sparked the Big Bang of Bass Guitar Creation with the release of the Fender Precision bass in 1951. Modern popular music could never have existed without it.

In 1969-70, the materials floating in that universe began to coaslesce into stars when Ron Wickersham founded Alembic in San Francisco. The first actual star was Alembic #1 (a/k/a "Mission Control" for its dozen-plus knobs) built for The Great Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane) in 1972.

All the rest has been mere sideways evolution since those two greatest of cosmic events. :)

rAmen.

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Bake

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Thu May-05-11 05:54 PM
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32. I was actually thinking of MY Martin ... a 1999 HD28 LSV

And it IS the best thing since sliced bread.

I agree on the P-Bass, though. I had one (my son has it now) and I love it. You couldn't have rock and roll without it.

Bake

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Rambis

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Thu May-05-11 11:26 AM
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4. Liquid bread

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av8rdave

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Thu May-05-11 11:31 AM
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5. The throttlerocker and the t-bone aviation headset

I would also add a vote for liquid bread!

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sarge43

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Thu May-05-11 11:45 AM
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6. Personal computers,

tampons, novocain, central heating, recycling centers, 911 emergency help, automatic garage door openers, DVDs, washers and dryers.

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RebelOne

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Thu May-05-11 11:51 AM
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7. Air conditioning. n/t

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HopeHoops

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Thu May-05-11 12:00 PM
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8. The dandylion weeder I found a few years back - unlike anything else.

I have absolutely no interest in eradicating the lawn of dandylions - they attract honeybees. I just can't stand them in the vegetable garden. This weeder is used while standing up. It looks like one of those aluminum adjustable canes you get in the drug store (which I am currently forced to use). It has a foot pedal at the bottom and four spikes below it. You position it over the plant, step on the pedal, and pull up. It gets the root WAY down deep. It was also made in the US.

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siligut

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Thu May-05-11 04:21 PM
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28. I have one of those

Called a grandpa weeder, I love mine too. We live near a large natural park. I, like you, gave up on the stupid weeds, just don't take the nutrients out of my garden.

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Iggo

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Thu May-05-11 12:01 PM
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9. The Toaster. (n/t)

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Glassunion

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Thu May-05-11 12:09 PM
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10. Jimmy Carter

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kentauros

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Thu May-05-11 12:11 PM
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11. The bread machine.

Too bad it doesn't slice bread, too :P

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LynneSin

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Thu May-05-11 12:12 PM
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12. We could invent that

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kentauros

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Thu May-05-11 12:16 PM
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13. Technically, it's already been invented.

A bread factory is basically one big machine that makes, slices and packages bread ;)

Maybe we should write to Zojirushi and get them to invent one :D

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Duer 157099

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Thu May-05-11 01:07 PM
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16. I must go with the Internet

Sliced bread is a pretty high bar

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Thu May-05-11 01:19 PM
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17. Seriously: A baseball game on a nice summer afternoon

There is nothing better than that.

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rrneck

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Thu May-05-11 01:21 PM
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18. Tiny camp stoves

Molle backpacks.

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Paradoxical

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Thu May-05-11 01:25 PM
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19. Cocaine.

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Zorra

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Thu May-05-11 10:02 PM
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36. Sweetie, please, just totally trust me on this...

Edited on Thu May-05-11 10:03 PM by Zorra

get away from that shit and stay as far away as you can.

Cocaine is evil.

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Thu May-05-11 10:25 PM
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Zorra

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Thu May-05-11 10:38 PM
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39. I'm so very relieved to hear that.

peace;-)

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geardaddy

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Thu May-05-11 01:26 PM
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20. Sliced bagels.

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JustABozoOnThisBus

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Thu May-05-11 01:41 PM
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21. SPAM ... or flip-flops

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Mopar151

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Thu May-05-11 01:43 PM
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22. A cheeseburger club sandwich at the Miss Lyndonville diner n/t

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IcyPeas

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Thu May-05-11 02:40 PM
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23. the internet

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struggle4progress

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Thu May-05-11 03:55 PM
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24. Crazy glue. You can use it to put the sliced bread back together again

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AnneD

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Fri May-06-11 08:25 AM
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49. I prefer the taste.....

of duct tape myself-guess I am just old fashioned.

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struggle4progress

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Fri May-06-11 05:17 PM
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56. I expect it would be pointless for me to complain of your heathen ways

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AnneD

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Fri May-06-11 07:25 PM
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57. True story......

Edited on Fri May-06-11 07:26 PM by AnneD

I was picking up the breakfast trays once. I ask the patient how was everything. She said it was ok but she didn't like the Kentucky jelly. I apologized but it wasn't until I made it down the hall a bit before I realized she was talking about the KY jelly :wow: :blush:

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struggle4progress

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Fri May-06-11 11:51 PM
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59. I hope she was yanking your chain

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SOteric

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Thu May-05-11 04:02 PM
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25. Indoor plumbing

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taterguy

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Thu May-05-11 04:10 PM
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26. Porn on the Internet

How did we ever live having to wait a month between issues of Playboy?

And having to pay to see naked flesh?

:scared:

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BrendaBrick

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Thu May-05-11 04:18 PM
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27. A&W Root Beer Float!

Edited on Thu May-05-11 04:21 PM by BrendaBrick

Combining root beer with vanilla ice cream? Together??? Oi! I remember the first time I had one.

Incredible!!!! Still rocks my socks today! :-) Umm Umm Umm.

On edit - though Arby's "Jamocka shake" (spelling) comes in as a close seond! :-)

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Bossy Monkey

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Thu May-05-11 04:33 PM
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29. Speaking as a celiac, just about anything n/t

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AtomicKitten

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Thu May-05-11 04:48 PM
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30. A milk frother from Ikea called PRODUKT. Costs $1.95.

You can make lattes without having to buy an expensive espresso machine

---> http://www.amazon.com/IKEA-Produkt-Milk-Frother/dp/B002Y6FBU2

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AblztyRuFZs/TZYJHw7GRnI/AAAAAAAAEZA/OTj5ZmlMQqQ/s1600/IKEA+Produkt.jpg

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LynneSin

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Thu May-05-11 11:08 PM
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43. I own 3 of them - so if one is dirty I have a fresh one

LOVE THEM!

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AtomicKitten

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Fri May-06-11 02:44 AM
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47. I usually buy three at a time too.

I am without now because I have to drive across the Bay Bridge to Ikea to buy some more, and I hate, I mean HATE driving across that particular bridge since it collapsed in the quake of '89. Scares the bejeezus out of me.

Thanks for your post. I had no clue it was available on Amazon (only available in-store at Ikea) until I searched for a picture for your thread. Cheers.

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Ikonoklast

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Thu May-05-11 07:59 PM
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33. Rubbers.

What?

I don't like getting my feet wet.

You people all need to get a room.

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Fleshdancer

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Thu May-05-11 08:07 PM
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34. Refrigeration

Edited on Thu May-05-11 08:08 PM by Fleshdancer

followed by indoor plumbing, cars, and air conditioning.

on edit: electricity should come first actually.

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JohnnyLib2

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Thu May-05-11 08:10 PM
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35. Streisand's voice

:loveya:

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mysuzuki2

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Thu May-05-11 10:32 PM
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38. toilet paper

corncobs give me a rash.

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nolabear

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Thu May-05-11 11:05 PM
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42. And sliced bread is too expensive anyway.

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mysuzuki2

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Fri May-06-11 12:06 AM
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45. I never tried to wipe my rear with bread

perhaps the $ 59/loaf stuff would be cost effective?

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Silver Swan

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Thu May-05-11 10:41 PM
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40. The combination of

Automatic washing machines, clothes dryers, and permanent press fabric.

Those things allowed women to get out of the house and have careers.

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Zorra

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Thu May-05-11 10:41 PM
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41. Old strats.

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MilesColtrane

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Fri May-06-11 12:01 AM
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44. The Electric Bass Guitar

Invented by Leo Fender circa 1951.

It was the fundamental (heh) turning point in popular music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWh8HzCxtOg

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chollybocker

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Fri May-06-11 12:43 AM
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46. Cinnamon toast.

Oh, and whirled peas.

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AllenVanAllen

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Fri May-06-11 03:28 AM
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48. God-

Zilla...

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NV Whino

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Fri May-06-11 10:27 AM
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50. Netflix

Saved my sanity when I couldn't hold a book much less turn the pages.

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dixiegrrrrl

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Fri May-06-11 10:47 AM
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52. Golden Retrievers.

Man made breed, created in the late 1800's. I can't imagine not living with at least one.

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Moondog

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Fri May-06-11 01:39 PM
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53. Extra Crunchy JIF Peanut Butter

and either orange marmalade, or strawberry preserves, depending upon my mood and the alignment of the planets.

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mvd

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Fri May-06-11 02:18 PM
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54. Music in general

Don't know how I could be without music.

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Dr Fate

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Fri May-06-11 02:34 PM
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55. Whole loave bread, now available in most stores! n/t

n/t

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Hotler

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Fri May-06-11 07:34 PM
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58. Ducati motorcycles. n/t

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Sat May-07-11 12:19 AM
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60. Broadband n/t

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The Wielding Truth

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Sat May-07-11 01:33 AM
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61. Antiperspirant. It didn't always exist.

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Kali

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Sat May-07-11 08:15 AM
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62. jb weld

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Sat May-07-11 08:32 AM
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63. Discovery of quantum mechanics. Digital Signal Processing. Computers. Standardized tools and dies.

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