What Are the Most Remarkable Things Humans Have Done?

[SteamyAmerican]

Exist this long.

[andy06shake]

Exist this long.

Humans are among the most resilient, adaptable, and widespread species in Earth's history.

But compared to some of the other species on the planet.

We have been around for but a heartbeat, comparatively speaking.

Take sharks or crocodiles, for instance.

Not that i don't get where you are coming from.

Our collective penchant for self-destruction will be the end of our current civilization if we keep heading in this direction... 

But to wipe us out completely as a race might be rather difficult.

[SteamyAmerican]

Humans are among the most resilient, adaptable, and widespread species in Earth's history.

But compared to some of the other species on the planet.

We have been around for but a heartbeat, comparatively speaking.

Take sharks or crocodiles, for instance.

Not that i don't get where you are coming from.

Our collective penchant for self-destruction will be the end of our current civilization if we keep heading in this direction... 

But to wipe us out completely as a race might be rather difficult.

100% Agree.

But yeah the part about “our nature” and the death cult running the show are hell-bent on showing us the curtains ultimately. Not a good look for our species.

[ArMaP]

I know it's off topic, but here are some of the "petiscos" (snacks) Portuguese people like during Summer and I just saw announced on some restaurants:

- Snails (smaller ones are boiled, bigger ones, like escargots, sometimes are roasted);
- Goose barnacles;
- Octopus salad;
- Clams;
- Shrimp;
- Fried cuttlefish;
- Lupins and pumpkin seeds.

They are usually accompanied by lots of cold beer.

I don't like any of the above.

PS: I think I can make it slightly on topic by saying that cooking is also a human achievement.

[andy06shake]

100% Agree.

But yeah the part about “our nature” and the death cult running the show are hell-bent on showing us the curtains ultimately. Not a good look for our species.

The sky is always going to fall through.

I mean, just about every organised religious practice throughout recorded history operates along that premise...

And every generation seems to have people convinced we are living in the final chapter.

Yet history keeps on a rolling...

See if we were ever to shut up, quite the noise, and find focus.

Who knows where we could be...

[SteamyAmerican]

The sky is always going to fall through.

I mean, just about every organised religious practice throughout recorded history operates along that premise...

And every generation seems to have people convinced we are living in the final chapter.

Yet history keeps on a rolling...

See if we were ever to shut up, quite the noise, and find focus.

Who knows where we could be...

100% again. Absolutely.

If we put as much thought into the advancement of our species across the board as we do into how to blow it up, who knows indeed.

Alas….

[andy06shake]

That's a lovely story ArMap. Dad recounted the same when the neighbour had the first tv. Such an amazing time.

Exactly the same at work, radio 2 straight on. Totally addicted to Jeremy Vine at his day. Radio on in car. Radio on during the evening and when out gardening. Have  a Grundig Signal 700 at the moment, one of the last of the German made Grundigs. The next one in line is ironically a Portuguese made Grundig from late 70s a 500 just need to find. One at the right deal.  Like Hacker radio's too. Very well made, one of our producers til the factory burned down.

I like "smoothradio."

You can literally listen all morning and not hear one bad tune 9 times out of 10.

I seem to recall a lot of Grundig TVs when i was a lad, same with Baird, funnily enough, generally from "Radio" Rentals.

[quintessentone]

I know it's off topic, but here are some of the "petiscos" (snacks) Portuguese people like during Summer and I just saw announced on some restaurants:

- Snails (smaller ones are boiled, bigger ones, like escargots, sometimes are roasted);
- Goose barnacles;
- Octopus salad;
- Clams;
- Shrimp;
- Fried cuttlefish;
- Lupins and pumpkin seeds.

They are usually accompanied by lots of cold beer.

I don't like any of the above.

PS: I think I can make it slightly on topic by saying that cooking is also a human achievement.

Cooking during the medieval times (and throughout history) was a nutritional achievement with the pottage (pease porridge or pease pudding) system, whereby they would have one large cauldron suspended over a fire and both would be on-going on a slow simmer with the pot covered to retain all goodness. What went in depended on one's level of wealth because even the wealthiest households had pottage at the ready, although the ingredients of the rich included that which the poor could not afford. 

Pottage for the masses mostly contained legumes and grain as the base, then those plants of the onion family which they could easily grow in harsh conditions, then seasonal vegetables they grew themselves or could afford to buy. If they were able to afford a ham hock or a slice of bacon, that bit of meat would flavour the pottage for up to a week but whatever was left in the pot would stay in the pot and the next round of ingredients would be added and all day simmering would always keep the baddies bacteria at bay.

"Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old."

Scientists tested the old time pottage recipe and found it was nutritionally superior to how we eat today and nothing was wasted but today it is estimated that we throw away food costing about $728 per American person a year and 470 pounds ($630) per British person a year.

I too can stay on topic by saying that humans have discovered how to survive 'remarkably' well with very little even if ancient knowledge has since been rejected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottage

[andy06shake]

Cooking during the medieval times (and throughout history) was a nutritional achievement with the pottage (pease porridge or pease pudding) system, whereby they would have one large cauldron suspended over a fire and both would be on-going on a slow simmer with the pot covered to retain all goodness. What went in depended on one's level of wealth because even the wealthiest households had pottage at the ready, although the ingredients of the rich included that which the poor could not afford. 

I used to know students who ate like that over in the West End of Glasgow back in my Uni days in the late 90s.

Not over an open fire, but one big pot of whatever concoction happened to have been made on a hotplate.

Where they would scrape off the scummy layer the next day and just keep on eating...

Stuff eating near enouth week-old stew, gruel, or whatever the heck it was.

Poor sods were Vegan also.

Nice people as well, the guy was a not half bad DJ, and his Mrs a music teacher...

Yeah, thank god for progress. 

[Orby]

I like "smoothradio."

You can literally listen all morning and not hear one bad tune 9 times out of 10.

I seem to recall a lot of Grundig TVs when i was a lad, same with Baird, funnily enough, generally from "Radio" Rentals.

Give that a go mate sounds ace. Love the music. Talk too. R4 Alastair someone maybe, his show Letter from America. Fridays in the 80's. Graet programme. My late show was James Whale on Talk Radio as was. Holy smoke him with Ash had us in chuckles in the mariju days. So good. Before the Whale bless him, it was Ceasar the Geezer, listened to a few old shows of his on Youtube holy smoke he was up for it. Totally awesome. 

Yes. Baird! Lol that's one from the past. Thorn EMI maybe, Ferguson. Great tvs.