35 Fascinating Early Versions Of Inventions We Still Use Today

Ah, but it's not automatic - you have to stand there and turn the toast around half way through. My grandparents had a similar one, and I can remember burning the toast loads of times.

Me too

I need it

My mom died 2 yrs ago and one of the things I found going through her stuff was a toaster, afraid to plug it in though LOL

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Be well.😊

You can put it on your lap... once.

That's the complete suite of wardrobes version.

Depends, do you like your desk or lap more?

Yes.

Notebook.

Definitely an ultrabook. It's so svelte!

Housetop

Household version :D

Base-ic floor type.

The smartphone

must be the laptop, the desktop was as big as a house.

There was a portable IBM mainframe built in the 60's, was mounted on a truck. :)

It's a warehouse version

Palm.

No it's the house version

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Seems more like a phone version.

It's the ginormous version

Was surprisingly accurate. Failed about 15 years ago.

Missing in this picture is the hamster in a cog impeller, driving the chain and the donkey and the mule, pulling this behemoth across the lawn.

Might be German, in terms of over-engineering

Haha same here

I was looking for a comment stating as much.🤣

It's self-propelled. Literally all the guy does is steer it.

I saw one being pulled by a horse once, in India in one of the gardens

Many people believe that the washing machine played a central role in the emancipation of women. Unless they already had servants, it was the first time they didn't have to spend most of their day fetching water, soaking, scrubbing, wringing and drying. A true democratic invention!

The washing used to take the best part of a week. Watch Ruth Goodman's explanation of how washing used to be done, she describes all the different steps and time taken.

My great-greataunt was a penny pincher that didn't change a dress if it wasn't completely destroyed, but she insisted that the family bought a washing machine after the firs in-home birth. And a TV to see the election of the new pope after they had to "beg" the previous one from a friend.

can't attest to the comment but can verify it is physically demanding and hard on your hands. On the aircraft carrier(s) from time to time I would hand wash my civilian clothing to have it ready for whatever country we were going to visit. The 'sloshing' part isn't TOOO bad if you are only doing a small load but the wringing out by hand part is hard on the hands and I had strong farm boy cow milking hands. Must have been brutal on a woman with smaller hands trying to wash for a large family.

Yes, my grandmother had 10 kids, basically popped one out every other year, so throughout the 40's and 50's she had a newborn and a baby also in diapers. she said getting an electric washing machine to help with the loads of diapers and clothes was a huge relief.

and it literally took all day. Get the water in the morning. Heat it up. Wash the clothes. Put them on the line to dry. And put away.

I think I'd rather fashion clothes out of leaves than have to hand wash them. I hate doing regular laundry, never mind doing it by hand.

Yes, I can vouch for the difficulties and the time it takes. I lived for a year with no electricity and therefore no washing machine. (My son was born during this time.) Winter provided some challenges in getting things dry, too.

My grandmother said the same and everything had to be washed individually due to different fabrics.

That's Why Mondays were wash Days & This was a Step Up from The Old Washboards or Taking it to a Huge Rock in the Crick!!

And?

A real marketing mistake

And now we know why Norman and Harry went crazy and turned to a life of crime.