My esteemed father in law had a decade or so as an inventor
He's a mechanical engineer. Some things he invented were pretty good and made him a bit of money, like some contraption for regulating the amount of animal feed dished out to a chicken in Chicken Auschwitz. But he looks back on it all with regret because at the end of his inventing career he thought up, but only patented for one year (because it was so expensive), the 'wine box' idea. After a few glasses of port he will tell you the story himself, in loving detail, even if you've heard it 37 times already.
Posted By: Old Git on March 24th 2009 at 11:14:12
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- I would dearly love to invent a 1920s Death Ray. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 24, 11:09:28
- My esteemed father in law had a decade or so as an inventor (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 24, 11:14:12
- I invented Grunge, Facebook, Joomla and Twitter (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 24, 12:17:22
- Well, surely that regret is the price inventors pay for the white coat and all the kudos. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 24, 11:16:30
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- My esteemed father in law had a decade or so as an inventor (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 24, 11:14:12
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