red750 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 I thought there was a thread called Who Knew, but a search didn't find it. Have you ever heard of a telephane? (Correct spelling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Another gem hidden in the bowels of our unreported history. At first I thought you suggesting that the word was an attempt to put into letters the sound of Inspector Clouseau saying "telephone". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 The word sounds like the description of someone using profanity over a telephone! Henry Sutton was an amazing bloke who gained no recognition for his outstanding inventiveness. This was no doubt due to the fact that he wasn't located in the centre of the industrial development universe, he had no degree of any kind, and he patented nothing that he invented, believing that everyone should benefit freely from his inventions - the exact opposite of the American corporate approach! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 AMERICA Colonises with CAPITAL and Cult religion.. Graduated from slavery and racism.. The wild west still rules.. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 There was an episode of Aussie Inventions That Changed The World on the History Channel last night, which included a report on Sutton and the telephane, which was the forerunner of the television. Logie Baird used Suttons telephane to base his television invention on, without giving credit. Sutton also designed an ornithopter, an aircraft with flapping wings, but a word search on the Wikipedia page for ornithopter could find no reference to Sutton. Henry Sutton, 1856 - 1912, was born in Ballarat and home-schooled by his mother until age 11. He had no formal education. His most famous invention was a battery that not only stored electricity, but could be recharged. He never patented any of his inventions. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Would he have any connection to the Suttons who make dies etc at Maryborough Vic. these days.. They'll make any tap or die you want and good quality adjustable reamers also. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 His family had a bicycle works and later motorcycles. He designed a TV system in the 1880s (I think) so he could watch the Melbourne cup from Ballarat but the telephone lines could not deliver the bandwidth he needed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Old Koreelah Posted October 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2022 14 hours ago, old man emu said: ...I thought you suggesting that the word was an attempt to put into letters the sound of Inspector Clouseau saying "telephone". Yesterday in Paris we had a very cheerful cabbie. None of us could speak enough of the other’s language to converse, but he caused all his Aussie passengers to erupt with laughter when he started humming Henri Mancini’s them to The Pink Panther... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 We had a waiter like that when we were in Paris a few years ago. Real clown. He didn't have a word of English and we spoke zero French, but even so he kept us laughing the whole time. I also went for a joyflight with a French pilot in a Savannah, from a strip down near Uzes. I wish I had more French at the time, because he was an interesting chap - even though we didn't speak each other's languages, he let me know he used to fly Mirages for the Armée de l'air. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Speaking of speaking French, on Australia's Got Talent on Monday, one of the contestants came on and introduced himself. "Bo jour, I am from Fronce". He started singing opera in French, and soon started removing all his clothes, until all he had was a towel, which he swirled around himself, almost revealing everything. All the females were shrieking. After comments from the judges, he said "Au revoir". Shane Jacobson asked him something and he said, "No mate, I'm an Aussie, born in Perth." Broke everyone up. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Have you ever heard of a pizzly? No Google cheating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 NO . Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 No but I know what a pizzle is and what a pizzling is. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 A pizzly is a hybrid species of bear, a cross between a polar bear and a grizzly bear. According to Sir David Attenborough, it is now a recognised species. There are a range of colourings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 The Canardly Bear is the one old folks have to deal with.. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 Like other hybrid species, the nonclemature depends upon the pairing. Polar father/grizzly mother is a pizzly, grizzly father/polar mother is a grolar cub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Nomenclature . Bit of a tongue Tyer (I looked it up). Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I also found out a Non Sequitur is NOT a set of blunt pruning shears. Nev 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 13 minutes ago, facthunter said: Nomenclature . Bit of a tongue Tyer (I looked it up). Nev Sorry Nev. I usually check first. Bit lazy today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 One last fact. Unlike mules, pizzlies/grolars are fertile, so they can breed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 Have you ever heard of Gilbert Toyne? The tragic story of Gilbert Toyne. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) What an interesting story - but that article is not the whole story of Gilbert Toynes lifes - the whole story is here ..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Toyne Lance Hill virtually copied the Toyne Aeroplane hoist. You'd imagine he must have infringed Toynes patents somewhere, or perhaps the patents had run out by the time he produced his version. EDIT: - Yes, I found this article which outlines Lance Hill copying the Toyne Aeroplane hoist in 1947, because the 1925 patent of Toynes had expired the year before. https://www.pittwateronlinenews.com/hills-hoist-collectors-corner.php Edited October 21, 2022 by onetrack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Another Mr Hill was selling rotary clothes lines in the USA after 1870. I have a 1902 Sears catalogue advertising them. The Australian Hills Hoist myth is just lazy journalism. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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