Free alternative game.
Two players/teams. One side picks two actors and the other side has to come up with a plot.
The characters the actors play can be any age [ if you pick Helen Mirren or Clint Eastwood they can be any age from 20s to current age] You have to pick two actors who were never in a movie together [ Bette Davis and Vin Diesel eg]
Sorry, but no.
It was a super common thing; plenty of places had them. Talk to any CRT or old radio enthusiast, or anyone over 55, and they’ll tell you about it.
Back in the day, people could take tubes from their TVs and radios to a shop, test them, and buy replacement parts. How much tech do you own that can be easily replaced with a screwdriver?
Look at things like furniture and clothing. If you paid half a dollar for a shirt in 1930, you expected to be able to wear it to the coal mine every day for years. When was the last time you saw shoes for sale that could be resoled?
Luxury goods are so wasteful. A $5,000.00 handbag costs as much to make as a $50.00 bag. It’s all in the name.
No.
First of all, it takes just as much labor to make a product that lasts fifty years as it does to make a product that lasts five years. Most things today are designed to fall apart and be replaced. If we made cars and appliances that lasted, there’d be less demand for new things. A lot of the current economy is designed to be wasteful.
Second, they’ve already detected asteroids that are loaded with all the minerals we’d need. Back at the height of the Veitnam War the US was launching a Gemini mission about six times a year. Getting people up there might take a decade, but the payoff would be worth it.
Finally, OP didn’t say ‘rich’ they said ‘comfortable.’
Final Destination?
Even a golden trombone needs a spit valve.
Who thinks that?
Even little kids know that if you get too hungry or tired you aren’t going to be able to do a complex task.
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries.
Why does it have to be ‘new?’
You’ve got 5,000 years worth of stuff sitting on the shelves.
Ginger beer. It’s a great drink, and it’s helpful if you have a tummy ache.
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Manhattan Special Espresso soda. The original energy drink. Three bottles will give you palpitations.
" ‘Waterloo’ means a complete and utter defeat. The French Emperor Napoleon lost everything at the Battle of Waterloo."
“Why did he go there, if the town had such an unlucky name?”
“Health.”
Or maybe that’s how RFK spells it?
One time, between classes we got on the topic of ethnic humor. The guy I told the joke to looked at me like I was insane, but the Russian immigrant woman who overheard it laughed. Someone else told me that Southern US folks would get it.
FYI…you might want to edit. Or not, because it’s funny that way.
I think the MAGats are going to need a new leader soon, and MTG is as likely as anyone. I don’t see Vance getting the juices flowing and Donald Jr. couldn’t open a can of soup if he had a battalion helping him.
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Yiddish. Does not translate to Christian.
Old man goes to the same lunch counter every day and orders the exact same meal every time. Tuna fish salad on rye toast and tomato soup.
One day he walks in and orders his meal. The waiter brings it.
“Waiter, I want you to try this soup.”
“I’m sorry sir, I’ll get you a different bowl.”
“No, I want you to try this soup!”
“I’ll get the manager.”
“No, I want you to try this soup!”
This goes on for five minutes and finally the waiter gives up.
“Okay, I’ll try the soup. Where’s the spoon?”
“Aha!”
I like to have some time between books by the same author. This isn’t a hard and fast rule, because I’ll make an exception if it’s a series.