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Time keeps marching forward
"we ought to be driving flying cars by now" :D
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Are there Carabiner Clips using the Hand-cuff Mechanism to Secure Things?
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is there one that's made out of aluminum?
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Are there laser-pointers with a simple gimbal mechanism built-in?
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need a laser pointer that fits on a keychain, not a laser level.
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Are there Carabiner Clips using the Hand-cuff Mechanism to Secure Things?
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oh nice, is there something smaller? like for a keyring in a pants pocket? > cable cuffs
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Are there Carabiner Clips using the Hand-cuff Mechanism to Secure Things?
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do you have an image of that online? :D > wee little tiny ones
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If the German Army allows Soldiers to Choose 1 of 4 Military Camouflages, based on Soldier's Personality and Preference (Flecktarn B, amoebatarn, splitternmuster, strichmuster) [drawn by Gemini AI]
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those are just different, not "old" or "outdated" :D
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Ubisoft was an American company, with the name standing for Uber Software, where Uber means super in online English. The reason it's not named Ubersoft is because Ubisoft flows-off-the-tongue better
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It's Ooo be Soft, not You beh Soft :D
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Is there a cast iron pipe that has the inside lined with a protective layer of melted glass?
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would people a 100 years later think "people a hundred years ago glued plastic pipes using glue, and laid them in the ground. Now it has created more work for us to fix"
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They all lack awareness
Meanwhile, Biden left the election campaign, after the assassination against his presidential elect competitor failed :D
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Is there a cast iron pipe that has the inside lined with a protective layer of melted glass?
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most households will not dump hot, concentrated lye down the drain, regularly or even everyday, so no problem :) Thank you for the information
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Luxury car brands Mitsubishi Mazda and Suzuki Subaru were selling alongside Toyota Lexus, Nissan Infinity, and Honda Acura, so when did Subaru and Mazda become independent from Mitsubishi and Suzuki?
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those commercials were made in an era before Youtube came out in 2004.
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When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?
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A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?
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it feels like the English language has become simpler in vocabulary, like Chinese language, since 2017
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Luxury car brands Mitsubishi Mazda and Suzuki Subaru were selling alongside Toyota Lexus, Nissan Infinity, and Honda Acura, so when did Subaru and Mazda become independent from Mitsubishi and Suzuki?
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Mazda is the luxury car division of Mitsubishi, just like Subaru is the luxury car division of Suzuki.
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A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?
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just because 'the definition for miser somehow, and some when, changed from “grumpy person who lives in the past”, to “someone stingy over money and is cheapskate”' is not mentioned elsewhere, does not make it false.
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When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?
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A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?
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"Miser is a grumpy person who lives in the past, instead of the present", was the definition people used in the US before 2016.
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A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?
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miser is not the same as "greedy old penny-pincher"
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A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?
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the definition for miser somehow, and some when, changed from "grumpy person who lives in the past", to "someone stingy over money and is cheapskate".
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Luxury car brands Mitsubishi Mazda and Suzuki Subaru were selling alongside Toyota Lexus, Nissan Infinity, and Honda Acura, so when did Subaru and Mazda become independent from Mitsubishi and Suzuki?
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Mitsubishi Mazada and Suzuki Subaru were popular television commercials back in 2003.