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    <title>topic Re: Useless Information thread in Community Spirit</title>
    <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/562464#M173749</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size="+2"&gt;He gave the company away to work on model trains.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://www.uselessinformation.org/lionel/lionel4.jpg" align="right" height="142" width="124" border="0" /&gt;This foolish man was Joshua L. Cowen. That's him in the 1954 photograph on the right.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cowen was your typical turn of the century inventor. Lots of ideas - some that worked, some that didn't.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;His first major invention was intended to revolutionize photography. He designed a fuse to ignite magnesium powered flashes, but the invention was a dud.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;His best customer for his fuses was the U. S. Navy. They didn't want to take pictures with his fuses, however. They bought 24,000 of them in 1898 to detonate underwater mines.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;His next creation was the development of little metal tubes that were designed to illuminate flowers in their pots.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;These illuminated flower pots were difficult to perfect (if he could have gotten them to dance to music, he would have earned a fortune). Cowen became bored with his flower pot lights and in 1898 gave the project away to one of his salesmen - some guy named Conrad Hubert. Hubert could care less about the lighted flower pots. Instead, he liked the device Cowen developed to operate them - a lightbulb and dry cell battery combination that had a 30 day life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hubert took Cowen's battery operated device and developed it into the flashlight. The company that Cowen gave away was named the American Eveready Company, and it earned Hubert nearly six million dollars in two decades (a large sum of money for the turn of the century). When Hubert died, he left behind a $15,000,000 estate, virtually all earned from Cowen's invention.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;One would think that Cowen would feel like a real loser for giving an idea like Eveready batteries away for nothing, but he actually came up with a better idea that earned him even more money.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://www.uselessinformation.org/lionel/lionel3.jpg" align="right" height="174" width="113" border="0" /&gt;What I failed to mention was that the "L" in Joshua L. Cowen's name stood for Lionel - as in Lionel trains.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When Cowen gave away his flower pot light company, he turned his attention to these small electrical devices.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The first Lionel train that he produced was a flatbed car that ran on batteries.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;He sold them as eye catching displays for shop windows. However, people quickly wanted them for their homes, particularly for under the Christmas tree.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;By 1906, he had introduced the transformer and famous three rail track. In 1907, he introduced the first locomotive.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The rest is model train history.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Useless?&amp;nbsp; Useful?&amp;nbsp; I’ll leave that for you to decide.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="-1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT size="-1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:47:56 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>siggie-reported-by-alarmists</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2013-07-18T07:47:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560092#M173113</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Just for a bit of fun and some light hearted relief from the more sombre threads on here,I thought that it might be fun to post any oddball or off the wall bits of information that are totally useless.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This morning while in the bathroom and doing the "necessary paperwork"&lt;img id="manlol" class="emoticon emoticon-manlol" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_man-lol.png" alt="Man LOL" title="Man LOL" /&gt; I looked inside the cardboard core of the paper roll and found that the use by date was stamped inside.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Why does loo paper need a use by date&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Who in their right mind in the supermarket will juggle a large packet of paper rolls to ensure that they all have the same and current date inside them.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:31:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560092#M173113</guid>
      <dc:creator>jean2579</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T04:31:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560096#M173114</link>
      <description>Lol jean ,maybe it explodes after a certain time ,or disintegrates ..that would be no good .&lt;BR /&gt;Must remember to have a look at the roll next time ha ha .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:35:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560096#M173114</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T04:35:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560114#M173117</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Portion of potatoes sold that are French fried/chips: 1/3 ..... &lt;img id="mantongue" class="emoticon emoticon-mantongue" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_man-tongue.png" alt="Man Tongue" title="Man Tongue" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560114#M173117</guid>
      <dc:creator>tasfleur</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T04:42:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560118#M173118</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;last week or so they sold dishwashing liquid on "quick sale" a bit cheaper than usually.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;i know that sign on fresh prawns and fish saying "quick sale still fresh" in coles.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;now, why on earth would dishwashing liquid need to be sold quickly?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;it is a main brand they always stock it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;i almost bought one just to ask the checkout chick if it is "still fresh".&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:44:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560118#M173118</guid>
      <dc:creator>whispering_chinwaggers_are_calling_me</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T04:44:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560124#M173119</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;...or they sell frankfurter/viennas.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;it can be only one of them. they are different saussages. it's like selling cheese labelling it cheddar/gouda.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 04:46:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560124#M173119</guid>
      <dc:creator>whispering_chinwaggers_are_calling_me</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T04:46:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560318#M173152</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Advice tag on a new hair dryer ... "do not use in the shower". &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:56:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560318#M173152</guid>
      <dc:creator>katydidthat</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T06:56:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560424#M173170</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I can't find my spare sewing machine foot pedal and cord........&lt;img id="womansad" class="emoticon emoticon-womansad" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_woman-sad.png" alt="Woman Sad" title="Woman Sad" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:52:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560424#M173170</guid>
      <dc:creator>azureline**</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T07:52:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560426#M173171</link>
      <description>They are in a drawer in your bathroom.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:54:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560426#M173171</guid>
      <dc:creator>katydidthat</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T07:54:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560432#M173172</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;You can not make strawberry jam from dog pooh.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:58:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560432#M173172</guid>
      <dc:creator>serendipityricho</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T07:58:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560438#M173174</link>
      <description>gentle bump&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Oh sorry , I thought this was the string home with an apt name change&lt;BR /&gt;but then I saw it had some humour in it</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:06:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560438#M173174</guid>
      <dc:creator>shinynewid</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T08:06:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560442#M173176</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I bought some Rosay wine once when my friend was coming to stay, I read the back of the bottle and it said may contain traces fish.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How the heck can wine have fish in it, I goggled but could not find any thing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just thought you would all like to know &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:12:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560442#M173176</guid>
      <dc:creator>lionrose.7</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T08:12:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560612#M173214</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://impstrump.blogspot.com.au/2005/06/this-wine-may-contain-traces-of-fish.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://impstrump.blogspot.com.au/2005/06/this-wine-may-contain-traces-of-fish.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:25:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560612#M173214</guid>
      <dc:creator>katydidthat</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T09:25:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560618#M173216</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/475288"&gt;@katydidthat&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;They are in a drawer in your bathroom.&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;you fibbed to me &lt;img id="womansad" class="emoticon emoticon-womansad" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_woman-sad.png" alt="Woman Sad" title="Woman Sad" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:28:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560618#M173216</guid>
      <dc:creator>azureline**</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T09:28:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560622#M173217</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;she did.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;it is in the garden, the dog buried it.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:29:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560622#M173217</guid>
      <dc:creator>whispering_chinwaggers_are_calling_me</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T09:29:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560650#M173222</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Oopsies, I meant to say BEDROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;(It's obvious where I take my shower, yes???)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:37:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560650#M173222</guid>
      <dc:creator>katydidthat</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T09:37:56Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560660#M173225</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Very interesting on the fish protein. Thanks katy.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;(psst, azure doesn't have a spare foot pedal, but don't say anything).&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:40:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>kopenhagen5</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T09:40:07Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560662#M173226</link>
      <description>45% of a prawn is thrown out.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:40:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560662#M173226</guid>
      <dc:creator>just_me_karen</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T09:40:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Useless Information thread</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560718#M173246</link>
      <description>You're welcome, Kope.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Thank you, Karen &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Whittaker's Peanut Slabs may contain traces of nuts.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560718#M173246</guid>
      <dc:creator>katydidthat</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T09:53:26Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560734#M173253</link>
      <description>Paper boys aren't made of paper&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Steam rollers don't roll steam&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;and&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Chocolate fish can't swim</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:01:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>lurker17260</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T10:01:47Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Useless-Information-thread/m-p/560752#M173259</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Whittaker's Peanut Slabs may contain traces of nuts&lt;/EM&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;img id="womanlol" class="emoticon emoticon-womanlol" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_woman-lol.png" alt="Woman LOL" title="Woman LOL" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:06:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-07-17T10:06:43Z</dc:date>
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