Portable Vacuum Cleaner

I was pulling a portable vacuum cleaner out of the cigarette lighter today, and I had to pull hard because it wouldnt come out. When it came out, a small spring, a screw type thing, and a small glass tube (about 1 inch) came out. I’m not sure if these all came from the vacuum plug, or if any of the pieces came from inside the cigarette lighter. The radio and the clock will not work now. I called my dad and he said it is probably a blown fuse. I am searching the manual now, but cannot find where the radio fuse is located. Once I find it, I need to know how to replace it. Thanks!

I’m going to be camping out for about six months and I am thinking about buying some Space Bags or similar vacuum seal product(s) to help prevent mold. I’d need a vacuum that is battery charged, and yet has okay suction, I’d prefer to spend less then 120.

Hello, I am a grad student at Regent University in their journalism program. I am working on a piece for class about how technologically wired a person can get. I’d appreciate it if some of you out there can tell me if you think that we, as a society, are becoming too dependent on technology and if we can incorporate — and afford– all of the available gadgets in our lives. We’re not talking about refrigerators or vacuums but media devices, like iPhones, cell phones that do everything, iPods, portable DVD players, etc.
I decided to ask this online since, well, this is an example of our being technologically wired. But, really, how much is too much? Feel free to e-mail me as well with more thoughts at steplon@regent.edu
Have a good night and thanks!

Hello, I am a grad student at Regent University in their journalism program. I am working on a piece for class about how technologically wired a person can get. I’d appreciate it if some of you out there can tell me if you think that we, as a society, are becoming too dependent on technology and if we can incorporate — and afford– all of the available gadgets in our lives. We’re not talking about refrigerators or vacuums but media devices, like iPhones, cell phones that do everything, iPods, portable DVD players, etc.
I decided to ask this online since, well, this is an example of our being technologically wired. But, really, how much is too much? Feel free to e-mail me as well with more thoughts at steplon@regent.edu
Have a good night and thanks!

Hello, I am a grad student at Regent University in their journalism program. I am working on a piece for class about how technologically wired a person can get. I’d appreciate it if some of you out there can tell me if you think that we, as a society, are becoming too dependent on technology and if we can incorporate — and afford– all of the available gadgets in our lives. We’re not talking about refrigerators or vacuums but media devices, like iPhones, cell phones that do everything, iPods, portable DVD players, etc.
I decided to ask this online since, well, this is an example of our being technologically wired. But, really, how much is too much? Feel free to e-mail me as well with more thoughts at steplon@regent.edu
Have a good night and thanks!
PS: When answering, please include where you’re from.

I’ve always had my asthma under control, loads of different medications (I have a nebulizer and a portable nebulizer for when I’m at work) and bi-weekly doctors visits with both my doctor and the asthma specialist.

The last three weeks I’ve had between two and three asthma attacks a week, which is rare, I usually only have two or three a month. I’ve been to the hospital twice, both times needing an adrenaline shot – among other things – before I "cleared" enough to go home.

I can’t figure out what is causing the attacks. I haven’t changed anything – except the inhaler, the one I used to use was taken off the market, but right now I’m getting the same inhaler just a different brand – we don’t have any pets, no rugs, and allergy pillows and sheets.

I also vacuume twice a week, and have one of the hepa filter allergen reducer vacuums (heavy and expensive, but makes the house very clean). So I don’t know. Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Oh. I take cingulair at night – which is both allergies and asthma; and I also take allegra during the day as well as flonase. Also advair, qvar, pulmicort, etc. I’m like a friggin’ pharmacy.
singulair I mean

Here’s hoping the whole thing fits here, in case you don’t know it already. And yes, I am being 100% serious. I honest to God (yeah, I believe in him) see some very distinct similarities in the manner of thinking.

For years, it has been believed that electric bulbs emit light, but recent information has proved otherwise. Electric bulbs don’t emit light; they suck dark. Thus, we call these bulbs Dark Suckers. The Dark Sucker Theory and the existence of dark suckers prove that dark has mass and is heavier than light.

First, the basis of the Dark Sucker Theory is that electric bulbs suck dark. For example, take the Dark Sucker in the room you are in. There is much less dark right next to it than there is elsewhere. The larger the Dark Sucker, the greater its capacity to suck dark. Dark Suckers in the parking lot have a much greater capacity to suck dark than the ones in this room.

So with all things, Dark Suckers don’t last forever. Once they are full of dark, they can no longer suck – just like a vacuum cleaner does if you forget to change the bag. This is proven by the dark spot on a full Dark Sucker. Then the Dark Sucker quits working.

A candle is a primitive Dark Sucker. A new candle has a white wick. You can see that after the first use, the wick turns black, representing all the dark that has been sucked into it. If you put a pencil next to the wick of an operating candle, it will turn black. This is because it got in the way of the dark flowing into the candle. One of the disadvantages of these primitive Dark Suckers is their limited range. There are also portable Dark Suckers. In these, the bulbs can’t handle all the dark by themselves and must be aided by a Dark Storage Unit. When the Dark Storage Unit is full, it must be either emptied or replaced before the portable Dark Sucker can operate again.

Dark has mass. When dark goes into a Dark Sucker, friction from the mass generates heat. Thus, it is not wise to touch an operating Dark Sucker. Candles present a special problem as the mass must travel into a solid wick instead of through clear glass. This generates a great amount of heat and therefore it’s not wise to touch an operating candle.

Also, dark is heavier than light. If you were to swim just below the surface of the lake, you would see a lot of light. If you were to slowly swim deeper and deeper, you would notice it getting darker and darker. When you get really deep, you would be in total darkness. This is because the heavier dark sinks to the bottom of the lake and the lighter light floats at the top. The is why it is called light.

Finally, we must prove that dark is faster than light. If you were to stand in a lit room in front of a closed, dark closet, and slowly opened the closet door, you would see the light slowly enter the closet. But since dark is so fast, you would not be able to see the dark leave the closet.

So next time you see an electric bulb, remember: It’s really a Dark Sucker

1. Calculate the energy released from a battery in a hand vacuum cleaner that was switched on for 45 seconds. The voltage drop was 6. V. and the current was 0.30 A. ( Answer in joules)

2. Calculate the energy released from a portable radio using a 9-V battery. The current was 0.5 A, and it operated for 2.5 hours. ( Answer in watt hours.)

3. Calculate the energy available in two 1.5-V AAA cells that have a rated capacity of 1.15 A. h

So yea basically here are the rules.

1) Nothing super heavy.
2) Nothing that requires refrigeration.
3) No freeze dried foods (gross!)

Some other things to keep in mind, this is going to be a 12 day backpacking trip (thats why nothing super heavy.) We will have a fresh supply of water near by at all times so we can use that to cook things. However, campfires are not allowed. Finally we have a pot & pan that can be used to cook over a portable stove top. Heres what we have so far, please dont bother suggesting any junkfood (we already have that covered):

Oatmeal
Pancakes
Potatoe Pancakes
Trail Mix
Nuts
Fruit/dried fruit
Granola Bars
Tuna (the kind thats vacuum sealed in a bag)
Pasta/small thing of sauce
Rice
Potates
Corn
Ramen Noodles
Bread
Crackers
Peanut Butter
Various Vegetables
Popcorn
Fruit leather
Beef Jerky

Please list as many things as you can think of, whoever can list the most conventional and useful ones will get 10pts. Thanks

I am so anxious about the following English, you know, which comes from a piece of news, but I indeed could not completely catch its accurate meaning! I need your help! detailed explanation is welcome!
"Akihabara geeks appeal to gods
Young people set up a mikoshi portable shrine Sunday in Tokyo’s Akihabara district to
chase away recessionary spirits sucking the happiness out of the neighborhood.
Akihabara is better known nowadays as home to Japan’s techno-geek culture.
The meter-high "Akiba Mikoshi" is decorated with a personal computer, a vacuum tube, videogame software and figurines of anime characters.
"

These are the tools you need!
DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, ‘Oh sh — ‘
ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.
SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.
BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.
HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.
TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.
HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.
BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.
TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.
STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms.
PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.
HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.
HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.
DAMM-IT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling ‘DAMM-IT’ at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

TOOLS EXPLAINED

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching
flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the
chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the
freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner
where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere
under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes
fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time
it takes you to say, ‘Oh SH– ‘

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their
holes until you die of old age.

SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation< BR>of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor
touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board
principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable
motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more
dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt
heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to
transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various
flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the
grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing
race.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood
projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground
after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack
handle firmly under the bumper.

BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops
to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit
into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of
the outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength
of everything you forgot to disconnect.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under
lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil
on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip
out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used
to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and
butchering your palms.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or
bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays
is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts
adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of
cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly
well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic
bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic
parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in
use.

DAMN-IT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage
while yelling ‘DAMN-IT’ at the top of your lungs. It is also, most
often, the next tool that you will need.

Everyone talks about how in the future we will have robots do things for us and so on. Well if you think about it, to a person who is from the 1920’s todays life is super future and robots everywhere, a computer is a robot, it does things for us, the washing machine is a robot it does things for us, the microwave vacuum cleaner all do things for us, we are already very futuristic, everything might not be chrome and metallic like in the movies and we dont have talking robots but we are pretty damn advanced though.

And what amazes me is how quickly we have advanced in technology, I was born in 1991 and i remember in the 90’s i used to listen to my portable tape player, then when the CD walkman came out wow that was big, but if you would have told me that i could use my walkman as a phone, could put music on it without a disk, could browse the internet on it and play movies and have photos on it, play games on it, and have it be touch screen that on my walkman? i would have slapped you silly, but now only 10 years later, we have the iphone a walkman that you can watch movies on use as a phone and all the other features i listed. We have advanced so quickly, so in whats next in 10 more years when im 28 my ipod will be able to make me food? because right now if you tell me that i will slap you silly but same thing with the walkman 10 years ago, its amazing

So yea basically here are the rules.

1) Nothing super heavy.
2) Nothing that requires refrigeration.
3) No freeze dried foods (gross!)

Some other things to keep in mind, this is going to be a 12 day backpacking trip (thats why nothing super heavy.) We will have a fresh supply of water near by at all times so we can use that to cook things. Finally we have a pot & pan that can be used to cook over a portable stove top. Also please refrain from listing junkfoods, that end of things is easy to figure out…its the other stuff that has me stumped. Heres what we have so far:

Oatmeal
Pancakes
Potatoe Pancakes
Trail Mix
Nuts
Fruit/dried fruit
Granola Bars
Tuna (the kind thats vacuum sealed in a bag)
Pasta/small thing of sauce
Rice
Potates
Corn
Ramen Noodles
Bread
Crackers
Peanut Butter
Various Vegetables
Popcorn
Fruit leather

Please list as many things as you can think of, whoever can list the most conventional and useful ones will get 10pts. Thanks!
Good freaking point Steph! Thats an essential, Im a complete idiot )

When I lived in a small apartment, when I heard people on TV say that they want to move because their house is too big, I understood that it probably meant it took longer to clean which is why they wanted to move. Now I am a homeowner and there are a couple of rooms I never use, and all I do is take a few minutes to vacuum them since they are still spotless clean since I am never in those rooms. So why do people say that their house is too big if you do not use the space then it doesn’t bother you. Unless these people use central heat and AC and it makes their bills higher? I use portable heaters and fans to save a lot of electricity so I do not have that problem if that is the case.

1.How is a monitor’s screen size measured? It is measured diagonally across from one corner to the other.
2.Dot pitch is the distance between a dot and the closest dot of the same color (red, green or blue) on a color CRT.
3.Resolution is the degree of sharpness of a computer generated image measured by the number of dots per linear inch in a hard-copy, or the number of pixels across and down on a screen.
4.A Pixel is the smallest element of an image that can be individually processed.
5.CRT stands for cathode-ray tube. It is a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits electrons that are accelerated as a beam through a high voltage positive terminal, focused or deflected electro statically or electromagnetically to allow to show on a screen.
6.LCD means liquid-crystal display. It displays readings continuously on liquid crystal film sealed between glass plates that change optical properties when voltage is applied.
7.Plasma is a translucent greenish type of quartz.
8.DMA is direct memory access. It is a technique of transferring to and from external storage.
9.Solid state is transistor or crystal that can control current without moving parts, heated filaments, or vacuum gaps.
10.Clock cycle is the transition from 0 to 5 volts and back.
11.Serial port is a connector on a computer to which you can attach a serial line connected to peripherals that communicate using a serial protocol.
12.Parallel port is an interface in a computer system where data is transferred on more than one wire.
13.A PC card is a small removable circuit board that houses a device like a disk drive especially for laptops.
14.CD-R means Compact Disk Recordable. You can write information on it but cannot erase or modify it.
15.CD-RW stands for Compact Disk Rewritable. Data can be written multiple times.
16.Duty Cycle is the proportion of time of when a system or device is operated. It can be expressed as a percentage.
17.Kilobytes are about 1000 bytes.
18.Megabytes are about a million bytes.
19.Gigabytes are one billion bytes.
20.Terabytes are one trillion bytes.
21.USB (Universal Serial Bus) is a plug in interface connecting a computer and an add on device.
22.AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is an interface that enables 3-D graphics to display faster on ordinary personal computers.
23.System Bus connects the CPU to main memory on the motherboard.
24.PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus is an interconnection system between a microprocessor and hooked up devices where expansion slots are close for high-speed operation. Intel designed it.
25.ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus is a standard interconnection that allows 16 bits at a time to flow between the motherboard circuitry and an expansion slot card and its associated devices.
26.NiCd (Nickel Cadmium) is a type of rechargeable battery used for portable computers.
27.NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) are rechargeable lithium batteries.

They are 9 and 11 and also there 2 year old cousins here (there all GIRLS). And my husband told them to clean there room because he is going to vacuum it and they refuse too pick it up. My husband said this last night "you better have these rooms picked up im vacuuming tomorrow". I agree but they are choosing not too and there food clothes Jewelry ds games empty food bags deodorant alot of wrappers and paper etc. everywhere. It look like a hurricane hit and there closet has toys clothes on the floor a bunch of small things food broken dishes wood and empty soda cans etc. Its really sad that a 11 year old and 9 year old keep there room like this. The two year old is staying in the guest room with there portable bed and her toys that’s it. And what’s really sad the 2 year old picks up after herself unlike my daughters. Please help me!

I want to make my own instant dried soups with a food dehydrator. The packaged ones are really loaded with salt, fat and chemicals. The ‘healthy’ versions of instant soups cost way too much and don’t always taste great for the price.

I have made my own frozen meals successfully and vacuum sealed them and they came out perfect aside from the fact they aren’t very portable. I don’t have a stove or microwave at work but I have hot water.

I am just not sure how to make dried soups. I really like the convenience of being about to carry something that I can just throw boiling water on and eat!

Is there any way I can make a great homemade ‘Instant cup a soup?’ I have checked food dehydrator recipes and I haven’t found much besides 100’s of beef jerky and banana chip recipes! Does anyone know of any dried soup recipes? Would I have to buy the bullion/noodles/herbs separately? What kind of disposable heat-proof container/bowl/cup can I use? How long can I store it if I vacuum seal it?

Has anyone tried this and what soups did you make? How did you get the recipes? Any help would be appreciated. Keep in mind I like all soup, chicken, minestrone, cream of corn, split pea, lentil, ramen, or whatever. Ideally I would like to have 4-5 kinds so I can rotate. Please help, I am SO sick of sandwiches and salad and I like something hot and hate fast food! Thanks in advance!

Atheists have done these things and many more. I can only list so much.
HOUSEHOLD:infrared thermometers,ingestible toothpaste,cosmetics,sewage treatment,bacteriostatic ,portable x-ray devices, UV blocking glass,wireless headsets,enriched baby food,cordless vacuum,water purification, AIR TRAVEL:collision avoidance systems,anti icing systems,optics for high speed ticket processing, jet lag prevention,cabin pressure devices,parachute systems,AUTOMOTIVE:improved radial tires,advanced lubricants,car chassis and break system,crash analysis,structural analysis,highway safety. SPORTS:plasma displays,helmets,heart rate monitors, ingestible thermometers
PUBLIC SAFETY:fire sensors,face masks and fire suits,anthrax detection,life shears, MEDICAL:auto insilin pumps,artificial limbs,corneal refractive therapy,dental waterline purification cartridge,
GROCERY:packaging and freeze-drying,enriched baby food,
hyper spectral imaging of chicken..etc..
What say you?
www.nasa.gov

Here is my scenario. I will preface this by saying that I have nothing else on the circuit (meaning nothing else is plugged in or turned on).

I have plugged in one of those portable heaters (like a radiator). It has two "on" switches. Each switch uses slightly more power and results in more heat.

When I was running my vacuum, the breaker would trip within a minute. I would reset and try to vacuum again. The same would happen. I finally realized this was due to the heater. I have both switches turned on and the circuits would not handle both. I then turned on only one heater switch and had no problem with my vacuum. Why was this happening with only those two items running?

A second part of my question is, while looking in the breaker box, there were number on the switches (20, 40, 15, etc.) I assume these refer to the amps flowing through the switch. Is it possible to have an electrician replace that switch with a higher number without rewiring the house, or is the switch closely tied to the wires used for the circuit?

Science has done these things and many more. I can only list so much.
HOUSEHOLD:infrared thermometers,ingestible toothpaste,cosmetics,environmentally safe sewage treatment,bacteriostatic ,portable x-ray devices, UV blocking glass,wireless headsets,enriched baby food,cordless vacuum,water purification,
AIR TRAVEL:collision avoidance systems,anti icing systems,optics for high speed ticket processing, jet lag prevention,cabin pressure devices,parachute systems,AUTOMOTIVE:improved radial tires,advanced lubricants,car chassis and break system,crash analysis,structural analysis,highway safety. SPORTS:plasma displays,helmets,heart rate monitors,ingetsable thermometers
PUBLIC SAFETY:fire sensors,face masks and fire suits,anthrax detection,life shears, MEDICAL:auto insulin pumps,artificial limbs,corneal refractive therapy,dental waterline purification cartridge,
GROCERY:packaging and freeze-drying,enriched baby food,
hyper spectral imaging of chicken..etc..

can you be specific/honest

what are the hazards, possible effects, measures required to reduce risk, maintenance requirements and safety checks for

engine oil
brake fluid
petrol
anti-freeze
degreaser
batteries and chargers
steam cleaners
hoists
engine crane or winch
hydraulic jacks and stands
chisels
grinders
ratchets
exhaust fumes
air lines
impact drivers
portable electrical equipment and tools
roller brake tester
moving vehicle
wheels and tyres
wheel balancing equipment
vehicle insecption pits
brake and clutch dust
electical extension leads
pullers
paint stipper
oxygen and acetylene
vacuum cleaners

thank you for your help

yesterday i do vacuum tru the extension cord where one lamd and small portable heater is on together,suddenly it went off/shut. i think the outlet is no more power.I open the panel and everything inon the same position, i tried to move the switches back nd fort but nothing happens.
actually this happened already to me vcacuuming the garage in the other outlet and same thing happened, that is why im using onother outlet .and now there are all unfunctional.
how to fix it, can i do it myself, i know handyman is expensive, no budget for that. please tell me what to do. pls help..

Hi,

Is there is anyway of storing electricity from an A.C source and use it for later to run -for example- a computer?

as once i saw a man was running a vacuum cleaner in an area which has no A.C source, so he connect the vacuum cleaner plug to a socket in a portable machine ,and it worked ..

so, how is that portable machine works? and do they store the electricity from an A.C source or from a battery?

as a part of what i know about this is that first the A.C should be converted to D.C by a rectifier and then to be stored in something (x) and then to be inverted to A.C …

so what is that thing (x) which we can store D.C in it ?

I am british and very proud because of what we have given to this world. What have you yanks done? We invented most things you use today,…..

trains, tv, computers, internet, penicillin, radar, jet engine, electricity (we invented it first, but you claimed it first), cat eyes, periodic table, oxygen and gravity (discovered), clockwork radio, adjustable spanner, sandwiches, engines, fire extinguisher, lawn mower, rubber band, tin can, corkscrew, mouse trap, sewing machine, postage stamp, perforated toilet paper, vacuum cleaner, hydraulic press, stainless steel, spallpox vaccine, viagra, shrapnel shell, tanks, gas masks, the equals sign, electrical generator, smallpox vaccine, dna finger printing, theory of evolution, windsurfing, football, rugby, tennis, cricket, badminton, catterpillar track, seat belt, belisha beacon, hovercraft, life boat, submarine, crossword puzzle, umbrellas, valves, fuel cell, x-rays, times tables, bicycles, lorries, bridge, suspension bridge, tubular steel, canals, docks, cranes, lighthouses, coal-gas lighting, steam boats, hot blast oven, wire rope, post office, mail van service, telephone, teleprinter, fax machine, radio, postcards, hypnosis, ultrasound, mri scanner, first cloned mamal, shot put, hammer throw, cycling, basketball, golf, mountaineering, piano, waterproof coat, paraffin, life rings, fountain pen, electric clock, ghillie suit, colour photography, chemistry, hollow needle, guided missile, steam turbine, radiotherapy, ejector seat, tractors, portable defibulators.

i think thats enough of that.
Also not to mention the most powerful country in the world from medievil times until the breakdown of our empire, the greatest in the world, where america was in it, and you may be richer but we have a higher gdp per capita and the pound is above the dollar.