Underrated Inventions

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:04 pm

Here's to you tennis ball hanging in the garage. You let me shut my brain off and not accidentally destroy a part of my house. Very satisfying.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:07 pm

Neat, just yesterday I saw that very thing in Fargo and wondered what it's purpose was.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:09 pm

hahah, I don't have the tennis ball in the garage, I just kind of park it by feel. It is a brilliant idea though.

Cruise control is an underrated invention.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:30 pm

The sandwich.

Postby **blackjack68** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:46 pm

Back up sensors on cars

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:48 pm

My wife is starting to park in the garage this year. I'm definitely going to put up a tennis ball for her.

Postby **iamjs** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 11:02 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZze39mq5g

the yellow and blue make green bags.

Postby **MR25** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:20 am

Back up sensors on cars

I'll one-up that with back-up cameras. My new car has one and my God I can't believe I went this long without one.

Postby **tifosi77** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:38 am

Yoga pants.

Postby **blackjack68** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:36 pm

Back up sensors on cars
I'll one-up that with back-up cameras. My new car has one and my God I can't believe I went this long without one.

Sadly, I've found myself depending on it.

When I get in car without one, I get a little anxious.

Postby **iamjs** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:37 pm

Yoga pants.

Postby **stillgeezer** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:45 pm

Popeil pocket fisherman.
Ginzu Knives a close second

Postby **MR25** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:57 pm

Back up sensors on cars
I'll one-up that with back-up cameras. My new car has one and my God I can't believe I went this long without one.
Sadly, I've found myself depending on it.

When I get in car without one, I get a little anxious.

If I have it, you bet I'm going to use it as a crutch.

It actually really helps me though. I've been bad at judging how much space I have behind me when I'm backing into a parallel spot. Used to give myself too much room (as in, I would have plenty of space but think I didn't). No worries with that now.

Postby **ExPatriatePen** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 2:09 pm

Condoms.

Otherwise I'd probably be a grandad and I'm not ready for that yet.

Postby **PFiDC** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:33 pm

Straws

Postby **Shyster** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:43 pm

Back up sensors on cars
I'll one-up that with back-up cameras. My new car has one and my God I can't believe I went this long without one.

I wish I had a second camera for the front of my car.

Postby **columbia** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:46 pm

Indoor plumbing

Postby **ExPatriatePen** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:04 pm

Straws

I always used a rolled up $100 bill... Wait, no...

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:09 pm

The transistor. I know people appreciate all the technology that uses them, but I feel like the invention of the transistor itself is often overlooked.

Postby **columbia** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:14 pm

Although they ruined the sound of guitar and stereo amplifiers.
#tubesarebetter

Postby **Willie Kool** » Wed Nov 25, 2015 6:05 pm

Yoga pants.

Yoga pants are underrated?

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:26 am

Yoga pants.
Yoga pants are underrated?

That's the same reaction I had when @columbia said 'indoor plumbing'. Really? That's underrated???

But, if you think about it, half the population doesn't fully appreciate the magnificence of yoga pants. They see them as utilitarian, and their exalted glory is entirely lost on them.

Postby **Craig** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:29 am

If you need a tennis ball in the garage, how do you manage to park in public?

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:35 am

In public, your only risk is curbing out on the sidewalk. At home, you'll end up crushing your water heater.

Mrs Tif actually destroyed about $500 worth of framed posters at our first place. She pulled in and just....... crushed stuff. Didn't realize until after that the strip of used carpet on the left side of the garage was a visual indicator for parking depth.

Postby **columbia** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:39 am

Yoga pants.
Yoga pants are underrated?
That's the same reaction I had when @columbia said 'indoor plumbing'. Really? That's underrated???

But, if you think about it, half the population doesn't fully appreciate the magnificence of yoga pants. They see them as utilitarian, and their exalted glory is entirely lost on them.

My mom used to visit her grandparents as a kid and those folks had an outhouse. My contention is that people in the US of A don't truly appreciate what it would be like to live in that kind of situation.