The cache is not at the above coordinates, you must solve the
puzzle below to get to the right spot.
Log only, bring your own scribe. Magnetic.
I’d like to take this moment to inform you that the famous
quote from Charles H. Duell, “Everything that can be invented
has been invented,” is in fact an urban myth.
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North:
In March of 1891, Nikola Tesla was given credit for his
invention of ALTERNATING ELECTRIC CURRENT GENERATOR. Tesla worked
for Thomas Edison early in his career, but they parted ways and
became major rivals. Thomas Edison was greedily pushing for all
U.S. homes to be wired with Direct Current (DC) which was a really
BAD idea while Tesla was championing Alternating Current (AC), a
much safer alternative that ultimately won out. Thankfully, cities
and neighborhoods around the world are powered with AC to this day,
but not before Edison used his clout and destroyed Tesla. Nikola
died broke, sad, and lonely.
On November 3, 1914, Mary P. Jacob of Mamoroneck, NY, was given
credit for inventing the BRASSIERE. This uplifting innovation was
immediately followed up by a counter invention, yet it is not known
when or who the first man was that came up with the reach-around,
one-handed unclip-the-bra snap of the fingers maneuver.
In March of 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was given credit for
inventing an IMPROVEMENT IN TELEGRAPHY. Decades later the telephone
was declared an absolute disaster as it caught on big with teenage
daughters everywhere that dominated the device until the invention
of “texting” in modern times.
Arthur F. Bartlett and William F. Straub of Fitchburg, MA, were
credited for inventing the NUT LOCK in January of 1926 which
severely improved and simplified the ratchet and pawl mechanism of
a typical nut lock which uses a bolt with right hand threads and
corresponding nuts with left hand threads.
To this sum, add another 9
West:
In 1996 a (younger) Christopher Larsen of Vista, California,
while working for Watkins Manufacturing came up with a way to
massage your neck using water while bathing a hot tub but prevents
getting your hair wet. Finally awarded credit for the invention in
’98, it was called a NECK JET PILLOW.
In 2002 a Jeremy Irish of Bellevue, WA, and Elias Alvord of
Seattle, WA, looked for credit in inventing what they called
“System and method for executing user-definable events
triggered through geolocational data describing zones of
influence“, but it took two years for them to have it locked
down and assigned to Groundspeak Inc.
After years of improving the electric guitar that made rock and
roll possible, the pioneer Les Paul of Mahwah, NJ, in 1959 sought
credit for dialing in the magnetic pickups that could now make
tones without the harsh metallic sounds that were previously
impossible to avoid, but he didn’t get recognition for his
ELECTRICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT invention until January of 1962.
Lester William Polsfuss (his real name) passed away August 13, 2009
but will always be remembered and deserves eternal thanks for his
contribution to music that I still play too loud while rocking out
in my car.
To this sum, subtract 4, and also subtract the following
In 1973, Donald Arendale was given credit for inventing the
AUTOMATIC CARCASS PROCESSING DEVICE which was important for
“removing blood clots from the jowl area and bone dust from
the loin and rib area of the carcass of an animal intended for
human consumption”. I’ll give thanks every time I eat
an In-n-Out burger that comes without that bone dust flavor.
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