What happened to Octatonic?

TheBlueWolf

octatonic said:

Moss said:

But apart from that, what have the Australians ever done for us?

Made your mums squeal.

Invented banjos too

Heartfeltdawn

octatonic said:

Australian inventions, you cunts: 

1843 – Grain stripper

1856 – Refrigerator

1858 – Australian rules football

1859 — Photolithography 

1874 – Underwater torpedo 

1876 – Stump jump plough 

1877 – Mechanical clippers

1889 – Electric drill 

1892 – Coolgardie safe 

1902 – Notepad – For 500 years, paper had been supplied in loose sheets. Launceston stationer J.A. Birchall decided that it would be a good idea to cut the sheets in half, back them with cardboard and glue them together at the top. (Seriously!)

1903 – Froth flotation

1906 – Feature film - The world's first feature-length film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, was a little over an hour long

1906 – Surf life-saving reel 

1907 – Michell thrust block bearing 

1910 – Humespun pipe-making process

1910 – Dethridge wheel

1912 – Surf ski 

1912 – Tank – South Australian Lance de Mole submitted a proposal to the British War Office, for a 'chain-rail vehicle which could be easily steered and carry heavy loads over rough ground and trenches,' complete with extensive drawings.

1912 – Self-Propelled Rotary Hoe 

1913 – Automatic totalisator

1928 – Electronic Pacemaker

1930 – Clapperboard 

1938 – Polocrosse

1940 – Zinc Cream

1943 – Splayd – The combination of knife, fork and spoon was invented by William McArthur after seeing ladies struggle to eat at barbecues with standard cutlery from plates on their laps

1945 – Hills Hoist

1952 – Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer 

1953 – Solar hot water 

1955 – Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)

1956 – Pneumatic broadacre air seeder

1956 – Stainless Steel Braces

1957 – Flame ionisation detector

1958 – Black box flight recorder 

1960 – Plastic spectacle lenses 

1961 – Ultrasound

1965 – Inflatable escape slide

1965 – Wine cask 

1970 – Staysharp knife 

1971 – Variable rack and pinion steering

1972 – Orbital engine

1972 – Instream analysis 

1972 – Power board - Peter Talbot, working under Frank Bannigan at Kambrook, invented the power board. This allows multiple electrical devices to be powered where only a single wall socket is available. 

1978 – Synroc 

1979 – Digital sampler – The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) was the first polyphonic digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie in Sydney, Australia.

1979 – RaceCam 

1979 – Bionic ear 

Oh, I'm bored now- a few things after this stuff too...

All whilst you lot were busy losing a fucking empire!

All of which are nullified by Australia giving Shane Watson to the world. 

Emp_Fab

...and a certain Mr Harris.

TimmyO

octatonic said:

All whilst you lot were busy losing a fucking empire!

...not to mention all the missing horses 

TimmyO

All the Aussies you meet are quick to tell you how fucking amazing Australia is.
Although apparently not amazing enough to actually stay living there 

octatonic

TimmyO said:

All the Aussies you meet are quick to tell you how fucking amazing Australia is.
Although apparently not amazing enough to actually stay living there 

Well, it is a long way from things.

Ravenous

octatonic said:

I prefer this view of the world. South America looks positively rude!

Reverend

octatonic said:

Gravity made all the important countries sink to the bottom. 

Gagaryn

octatonic said:

Australian inventions, you cunts: 

1858 – Australian rules football

Who else could?

More importantly - you missed the stubby cooler.

breakstuff

/\ And budgie smugglers.

PolarityMan

octatonic said:

Australian inventions, you cunts: 

1843 – Grain stripper

1856 – Refrigerator

1858 – Australian rules football

1859 — Photolithography 

1874 – Underwater torpedo 

1876 – Stump jump plough 

1877 – Mechanical clippers

1889 – Electric drill 

1892 – Coolgardie safe 

1902 – Notepad – For 500 years, paper had been supplied in loose sheets. Launceston stationer J.A. Birchall decided that it would be a good idea to cut the sheets in half, back them with cardboard and glue them together at the top. (Seriously!)

1903 – Froth flotation

1906 – Feature film - The world's first feature-length film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, was a little over an hour long

1906 – Surf life-saving reel 

1907 – Michell thrust block bearing 

1910 – Humespun pipe-making process

1910 – Dethridge wheel

1912 – Surf ski 

1912 – Tank – South Australian Lance de Mole submitted a proposal to the British War Office, for a 'chain-rail vehicle which could be easily steered and carry heavy loads over rough ground and trenches,' complete with extensive drawings.

1912 – Self-Propelled Rotary Hoe 

1913 – Automatic totalisator

1928 – Electronic Pacemaker

1930 – Clapperboard 

1938 – Polocrosse

1940 – Zinc Cream

1943 – Splayd – The combination of knife, fork and spoon was invented by William McArthur after seeing ladies struggle to eat at barbecues with standard cutlery from plates on their laps

1945 – Hills Hoist

1952 – Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer 

1953 – Solar hot water 

1955 – Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)

1956 – Pneumatic broadacre air seeder

1956 – Stainless Steel Braces

1957 – Flame ionisation detector

1958 – Black box flight recorder 

1960 – Plastic spectacle lenses 

1961 – Ultrasound

1965 – Inflatable escape slide

1965 – Wine cask 

1970 – Staysharp knife 

1971 – Variable rack and pinion steering

1972 – Orbital engine

1972 – Instream analysis 

1972 – Power board - Peter Talbot, working under Frank Bannigan at Kambrook, invented the power board. This allows multiple electrical devices to be powered where only a single wall socket is available. 

1978 – Synroc 

1979 – Digital sampler – The Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) was the first polyphonic digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie in Sydney, Australia.

1979 – RaceCam 

1979 – Bionic ear 

Oh, I'm bored now- a few things after this stuff too...

All whilst you lot were busy losing a fucking empire!

You missed the biggest achievement of them all.

2005 - Themata by Karnivool

Nitefly

Never heard of him.

(Just wanted to beat @bingefeller to the punch...)

bingefeller

Nitefly said:

Never heard of him.

(Just wanted to beat @bingefeller to the punch...)

;-)

Gassage

We could of course list the Brit inventions. However, unlike the Davies Cup squad, we'd break the server.