history where would be be if .

[GrannyMac]

we trully are a land of giants, and we should be stood on their shoulders as opposed to hanging onto their coat-tails... i wonder just how many walk among us today, i am confident there are many...
but i just dont know them, sadly...

Many in the land of our birth crabbyob.  Considering the relatively small size and population of Scotland, they added a lot to the modern world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries

The UK is generally believed to have been at the forefront of modernising industry and society.

[crabbyob]

and at school i was told Bonnie Dundee was the first town in the world to have elecric street lights

[klondike]

i must admit he lost his street cred with that one

Didn't do too well with this one either...



The Floating Bicycle

It was a good idea (in theory) to have a bicycle that could go on water, saving London commuters time and money by slipping down the Thames instead of crushing into buses and trains. Effectively half a bike on a surfboard, in principle, it was never going to take off.

[crabbyob]

Many in the land of our birth crabbyob.  Considering the relatively small size and population of Scotland, they added a lot to the modern world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_inventions_and_discoveries

The UK is generally believed to have been at the forefront of modernising industry and society.

here a bit of a puzzle for you Granny...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfOxC1GtV5A

[GrannyMac]

Scottish ET crabbyob?

[crabbyob]

i remember being surprised  when Neil Armstrong said in an interview that 'it was only fitting that the first man on the moon was a Scot'....WHAT?... you give them an inch and they all want to claim to be
'special'...