Team USA

[VCheng]

Check out Craiglist - Houston. Texas is the land of cheap cars.

houston cars & trucks - craigslist

The only problem with hunting down deals on Craigslist is that one must have the ability to get to them to check them out - a friend with a car to take one around.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted....
John W. Hammes (American): 1927 Garbage disposal unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"In the U.S. some 50% of homes had disposal units as of 2009, compared with only 6% in the United Kingdom and 3% in Canada."

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted...

Josephine Cochrane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (American): 1886 Mechanical dishwasher

We're Still Waiting On The Dishwasher Utopia

"Today, roughly 75 percent [actually 78%] of American households have a dishwasher. But this wonder of modern kitchen science still lags well behind refrigerators and microwaves — which are both over 95 percent. The automatic dishwasher was the high-tech promise of the 1920s. And the 1950s. And the 1970s. So why has the dishwasher taken so long to become mainstream?

....

Dishwashers simply aren't considered essential in the way that a fridge or a computer might be perceived. And that's okay. But when we look at it through a "history of the future" lens, it starts to seem a lot more like the failed promises of flying cars and dream houses. The adoption of the dishwasher is just one of many ways to gauge how close we may be to George Jetson's leisurely push-button future.Sadly, we still have quite a ways to go."

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted...

Charles Strite (American): 1919 Pop-up Toaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1925 toaster

http://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/MW_V3N2.pdf
As of 2003 "88% of all U.S. households own a toaster"


greatest thing since sliced bread - Wiktionary
Otto Frederick Rohwedder (American): 1928 Automatic bread-slicing machine

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted...

Irving Naxon (American): ~1971 Electric Slow cooker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/MW_V3N2.pdf
As of 2003 "72% of all U.S. households own a slow cooker"

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted...

Electric Griddle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/MW_V3N2.pdf
As of 2003 "59% of all U.S. households own an electric griddle or skillet"

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted

Toaster Oven: Toaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/MW_V3N2.pdf
As of 2003 "48% of all U.S. households own a toaster oven"

 

[Manticore]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted

Toaster Oven: Toaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

View attachment 147913

http://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/MW_V3N2.pdf
As of 2003 "48% of all U.S. households own a toaster oven"

are you on certain watch fora? I saw your user name while I was confirming the authenticity of my jlc - master control 1000 hours

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted

Coffeemaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/MW_V3N4.pdf
As of 2004 "84% of US households own a coffeemaker"

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

are you on certain watch fora? I saw your user name while I was confirming the authenticity of my jlc - master control 1000 hours

No, I haven't bought a watch in years.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted

Bread machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/MW_V3N2.pdf
As of 2003 "33% of all U.S. households own a Bread Machine

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted
Food processor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/MW_V3N4.pdf
As of 2004 "44% of all U.S. households own a Food Processor"

 

[SQ8]

Not to mention that all the above appliances and pretty much everything else in the 50s to 60s in the US were something-matic.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

More quirky inventions/appliances many of us use every day..and take for granted...

Electric Can opener - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.housewares.org/pdf/mw/MW_V3N4.pdf
As of 2004 "61% of Americans own an electric can opener"

Electric jar opener

I have one of these and my wife thinks it's the greatest thing ever.

Also a wine bottle opener

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Not to mention that all the above appliances and pretty much everything else in the 50s to 60s in the US were something-matic.

Yeah, I could do more than a few pages with all the Ronco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Veg-O-Matic like stuff