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kleinbl00  ·  4009 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So, What's the word? Have you recently pitched an idea...

Buck up, li'l camper. I designed a rotary sleeve valve for internal combustion engines when I was 15. Got as far as milling prototypes for a spare briggs'n'stratton tiller motor we had sitting around. Discovered that not only had a crazy Frenchman beaten me by two years, he'd turned a large fortune into a small one discovering the very same problems I would have. And he still didn't interest a buyer.