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Sunday at the Movies (Productivity)

September 01, 2013 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 07:14 AM

I think it is safe to say that the Home and Native Land discussions are still going strong, even though they may have wandered away somewhat from the stated topic (not that they started at the stated topic all that much). The question was whether all non-Canadian research should be repudiated. The consensus seems to be that most educators repudiate whatever research suits them and then go looking for grounds for this repudiation. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

You are more than welcome to continue the discussion (75 comments at the time of writing), but I thought I'd give you this talk by Hans Rosling - who is always good value. This time he is making the case that the invention of the washing machine was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution. Of course, his conclusion depends on women being able to read books.....  H/T KRED

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As I was watching, hearing the story - would it not have been a wringer washer?  It brought up the memories of the wringer washer when I was young. Every Monday morning, it was wash day and on Tuesday it was ironing day. Even when the new automatic washers were invented, my father still would not buy one, but he did buy a dryer in case of rainy Monday mornings. My father finally brought an automatic washer when I was 17 or so. My mother really like that, and eventually there was no more wash days on Mondays.

Interesting tidbits of information - http://myauctionfinds.com/2011/10/10/wringer-washing-machine-leads-to-black-female-inventor/

http://www.oldewash.com/

” In 1957, GE introduced a washing machine equipped with 5 push buttons to control wash temperature, rinse temperature, agitation speed and spin speed. “
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/washmachine.htm

Posted by Nancy on 09/01 at 12:20 PM

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