Elisabeth Sladen, who played Doctor Who's companion Sarah Jane Smith. She was considered by many to be their favorite sidekick, so much so that years later the BBC brought back her character in the spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures". But four years into the new series she was diagnosed…
@mooredm23 Conversion didn't work because we didn't plan it out Instead we let people & industries do whatever they felt like without any timelines or coordination. The auto industry DID switch (you knew that, right?) but that was about it. Plus St. Reagan was firmly convinced SI…
@Jane Doe I didn't grow up with SI units either but it took the time to learn common units and now have no trouble switching between the two systems. I'm also very much on the high side of 65 [years, which are the same in both systems 😁] so the "too old / can't do it" grumbles don't…
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I didn't need to get revenge on my ex-fiancée, she did it to herself. One day she broke down and admitted - thankfully BEFORE we got married - that she'd wanted a last fling with a former BF ... and that they'd had an Ooops moment and she was preggers. Well she married the guy, but…
OK, the creator of this article doesn't have a clue what "butterfly effect" means, but anyway ...
When I started college I planned on being a math or science teacher. I couldn't schedule one class I wanted so on a whim I signed up for Econ 101 instead. It was pretty interesting and…
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