[Windflier]

A very affirming article for those of us who know something of history, and who came of age in a time before high tech swallowed the world.

[goodnesswins]

Modern food preservation....After trying to put up some fruits and veggies this year I have been marveling at what our ancestors had to do to survive...prepare garden...plant...grow ...water...harvest...preserve...start over.

[SamAdams76]

I cast my vote for the corkscrew and bottle opener as one of the greatest inventions of all time.

Just imaging how difficult it would be to open a bottle of fine wine without a corkscrew! And the bottle opener, I would have no teeth left by now if not for that. I'd have to break the top of it against something hard and would have broken shards of glass on my hands, not to mention the beer getting all fizzed up and spilling all over the place.

[PLMerite]

"People can get by without laptops but not without buttons, introduced in the 1330s, which transformed the way people looked, from loose hanging garments to tight-fitting ones."

[dfwgator]

Sounds like an episode of “Connections.”

[GOPJ]

Fresh clean water in our homes...