this is actually my wifes belief; she usedto believe the theodolite levels that surveyors use to read levels etc on road works and building sites. (The orange camera like objects on a tripod) had a picture inside of what the site or job would look like when it was finished. I put her straight as I am a builder.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I used to believe,there was a little person inside my Dad's box Brownie camera.— Sandra R
- I usedto belive that if you didnt have kids, you would never get old— Dessy
- i usedto belive that if you ate a paperclip you would be like the man of steel. um....... it didn`t go well.— rachel a.k.a. SUPERGIRL
- My Wifes dad used to tell her that if she ate the dark lumpy bits in the instant gravy she would die!!— Okse
- for my first Internet year, i believe all the ".ca" sites stands for Calif State websites.— ray cheng
- I used to think the Empire State Building was called the "Ten-past-eight building".— Alex