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From 2023: Portrayed by Tom Hanks, a grieving widower, Otto is often right about his grievances. Why should he pay for six feet of rope and waste a few extra cents when he bought just five? Why shouldn't he warn inconsiderate drivers who often block garage doors or entitled neighbors who can't remember to close a gate and respect basic rules about trash disposal?
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For more than a century, scientists and engineers have pondered a very different method for transmitting energy without wires. It's called power beaming, and for decades inventors, scientists, and engineers have been in a kind of technological dress rehearsal to make it happen. They've been tinkering with ways to use microwaves, radio waves, and even lasers to send energy from one place to another. More



''Never in the field of human conflict did so many know so little.'' Younger Britons were the most unfamiliar with the battle as only 33% of those aged 18 - 24 were able to correctly identify the battle. Of the other 67% in that age bracket 30% had no idea what the battle was, 12% thought it was a battle for control of the Channel in WWI, 9% believed it was a civil war between England and Scotland, 6% a Viking invasion and 3% wrongly identified it as the 2019 General Election. More

Yogurt was born as a means of preserving fresh milk, thousands of years before refrigerators were invented. But forget stashing a tub in your backpack or on the counter. The United States Department of Health and Human Services suggests throwing it out after two hours, the same deadline it gives fresh milk and other perishables. Why? And what are the true risks?
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Have you ever wondered how you would look if you were a yellow character like the ones you see on TV?

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From please and thank you to knowing which fork to use at a dinner party, manners are important. But back when etiquette reigned supreme, there were more than a few dos and don'ts that now seem utterly insane. From women wearing their hair to the right way to how to behave at a wedding, here is the weirdest etiquette advice from the past 100 years. More

Follow us as we travel around in our motorhome.

For many years my wife and I traveled the United States in our motorhome. Read about our adventures by clicking the link.

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