not the best invention is where-ever water leaked into my basement.

so far my vote is for towels, wet dry vac, Rubbermaid plastic containers and for a non wet basement fave, parmigiano reggiano

Greatest invention... Well since this is a big recurring theme in the books I read I would have to say language, more specifically the invention of recorded knowledge. Now the evils of the first world can be past on to future generation to be venerated, distorted, destroyed.

First off, Happy Birthday to all the birthday people!!

Second, you're almost there Jsese: homeopathy is like storing the energy state of a building in structure form in a bomb and using the bomb to restore the building that's now in demolished form back to structure form.

Turns out you can bomb a building back into a repaired state. Suck it, peace activists!

Third, obviously the answer to Jess's question is homeopathy (see here).

Since Albert gets to post random questions: What do you think humanity's best invention has been? ("Best" is deliberately vague.)

see below

Birthday happy Pete!

so .... Homeopathy is like bombing your neighbors house?

E = mc² and vibration (only after God sent us Stephen Hawking)

Thanks yo all!

Keep it loose. Keep it tight!

Specs

Hello masses. I am seriously going to be in way over my head in a couple of weeks. Why you ask? My stash of kefir grain have become more than I can handle. Do any of you want grains so you can cultivate some thick, sour, "drinking yogurt" for yourself?