Rudeboys assertion that Velcro was a product of the space race, despite it being invented a good decade and a half earlier on this side of the pond. Well before NASA started using it.
Queing at the post office whilst feeling ill 🙁
the wind on the commute home!!
Well, my mistake! Sorry, I thought it was one of those Space Race inventions.
I am happy to be enlightened, though!
Ah, a quick Wikioogle reveals the reason for my confuddlement:
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro ]
[/url]Velcro got its first break when it was used in the aerospace industry to help astronauts maneuver in and out of bulky space suits.
So, I was praps only half wrong? IE, it was the Space Race that helped popularise it?
I person I know snivelling every 15 second for goodness knows how long, intsead of blowing their nose - no names! Makes me go nuts when it shouldn't. I know i'm not normal, but i wish I could switch off to little irritations.
An argument with a colloid scientist who thought he knew something about small molecule drug development. He was wrong.
Best argument I have had for months.
My GF got cut up by an old granny on the motorway and gave her the finger which my GF replied with the finger.
I was annoyed at my GF as I would have ignored granny, expect more of snobby GF etc.
I wouldn't get annoyed with GF usually...
Actually I'm in a mood...
Moses-researcher?