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The Accidental Invention of Bubble Wrap
www.smithsonianmag.com ^
| January 23, 2019
| By David Kindy
Posted on 01/29/2019 2:40:35 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:43:07 PM PST
by
EdnaMode
To: Red Badger
So what do they ship Bubble Wrap in?
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:43:39 PM PST
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Styrofoam....................
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:44:29 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
I love popping that stuff. Don’t know why, but it’s really fun.
To: colorado tanker
It relieves stress for some reason...............
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:46:22 PM PST
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Bubble wrap. Its what saved the snowflake generation.
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:46:30 PM PST
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: Magnum44
The Tide-Pod Generation...................
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:47:42 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:48:02 PM PST
by
Cboldt
To: Red Badger
My mother pops that crap whenever she gets it. She snaps her gum too. Sounds the same.
When I worked at DEC the Asian girls used to take the large bubble pack for their children to dance on at their new year thing... so the fathers would not toss firecrackers at the dancing childrens feet.
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:52:29 PM PST
by
mmercier0921
(blood and roses)
To: Red Badger
The hand lettering in the patent drawings is super cool. Look at how he did “Fig.”
To: Red Badger
Pla-Doh and Post It notes were accidents also.
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:53:41 PM PST
by
TBP
(Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
To: Red Badger
The word is “serendipity”—recognizing tht your failure is a success under different constraints. My first patent was the result of recognizing the benefit of a failure of one of my experiments. Not as wildly popular as Bubble Wrap, though!
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:58:07 PM PST
by
imardmd1
(Fiat Lux)
To: Red Badger
It didn’t start out as a bright idea, but it eventually ended up as one.
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posted on
01/29/2019 2:59:26 PM PST
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Spriral-sliced ham is another such “invention”. Miscalibrated slicer.
/j
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posted on
01/29/2019 3:11:02 PM PST
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fruser1
To: Red Badger
Dye it red, stencil “Tension Sheet” and beat Thicky Holden to the patent office.
Watch the shekels start rolling in.
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posted on
01/29/2019 3:13:18 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(We're low on dimes in fun city.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/29/2019 3:14:19 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: Red Badger
Just a few white men ruining the world! :-)
.
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posted on
01/29/2019 3:17:00 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Mears
they actually do use a type of bubble wrap as greenhouse film now, lasts decades.
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