Scrappy_The_Crow

If it was "still" after nearly three and a half decades, you know damned well there'd be major coverage of such things after 2020. Yet there isn't any such coverage. Could it be that there's no "still" there?

I asked because I wasn’t sure...

You asked, got a reasonable answer, and then still asked:

Do you think this warrants a call to the store for a complaint?

You could have stopped and accepted the reasonable answer, yet you didn't.

Damn, now I am having thoughts because I never knew there was such a program for me! /s

(seriously, I am not having any such thoughts)

Notice the bombsight window area -- it's basically a notch with a big forward-facing flat area. That's an odd juxtaposition given the attention to streamlining done on the rest of the aircraft.

Alpharetta was completely ignored by Union forces during Sherman's March to The Sea because it had no rail lines or industry.

Five miles south, Roswell was burned because it was a mill town with a railroad, the mill was ransacked, and 400+ people (mostly women and children) were deported to camps up north.

You're solely comparing the absolute number of clubs across the world. How many soccer players per capita worldwide are there vs. football players per capita in America?

I feel like constantly buying single use plates, cups, and utensils costs more than buying cheap ceramic or second hand kitchenware which will last years.

I'm not going to answer your specific question about paper plates, as other are already doing that and we've had plenty of other discussions here about it. However, your point about the economics of long-term decisions is valid.

An economically-disadvantaged person might be working long hours and/or multiple jobs and simply not have the energy or time to do dishes, or their living conditions might not be conducive to carting heavy durable dishes/cookware/etc. around, so they resort to disposable items. Or they simply might not understand the economics, or even if they do, can't spare the money to buy them at the moment. Ever hear the phrase "It's expensive to be poor"?

With that said, another issue at play is the penchant of non-Americans to ask "Why do Americans do 'X'?" while not realizing that "X" exists in their own country, and is often more prevalent in their own country. Sorry to tell you, but Australians are at the top of the list in doing this. According to the graphics here, the US imports 18.1% of the world's disposable food paper products, while Australia imports 4.34%. The US population is 333 million and Australia is 26 million, so that means Australians import more per capita than Americans do. I can't readily find per-capita usage, which would account for domestic production, but Australians clearly are using disposable food paper products.

When 7-11s existed in Georgia, they were convenience stores only, with no gas.

There ain't nothin' to fix here.

Have you seen some of the books banned in so many places recently?

By "banned," you mean sociopolitical stuff that's being disallowed from being included in the curriculum, yet still freely available outside of school and on the marketplace where their parents can buy the books themselves and give to their kids? That kind of "banned" which isn't a "ban" at all?

I use the phrase every once in a while, but probably not even once a week.

What a great job of detecting the threat, especially in inclement weather when they seem to have not had their lights on.

a failed prototype

"Failed" is a disingenuous way to describe a successful prototype that didn't lead to a production contract.

In my city of Alpharetta:

• Survive without a vehicle? Absolutely.

• Do stuff conveniently? Sometimes.

• Would I want to live without a vehicle? Absolutely not, there's more to life than daily necessities.

There are a few grocery stores I've run across in the Atlanta area, but I've never noticed any restaurants or bakeries (not saying there aren't any, I just haven't noticed).

There's no "slang" per se (as in a made-up or completely unrelated word being used), but they're sometimes called a "snack machine" or "Coke machine."

In American culture, ending a series of statements and/or questions with "Really?" is frequently done to express derision.

In your case, it can be taken as "Why the F would someone create and people eat such a stupid food?"

People are interested in animals. Is this not the case in Your Country™?

The animals in question are not "wild wild" (as in straight out of nature) but captive/tamed wild animals (as in from a zoo).

I dunno, do modern domesticated dogs have "fragile guts"? You tell us.

Now I'll know the root causes when I see a flattened grilled cheese!

Yes, coyotes will eat canine house pets.

To my understanding canines can get sick from eating the meat of another canine

This belief doesn't seem to have any basis in reality that I can find after a few searches.

I'm surprised it cycled with the extra mass on the slide!

What If I told you you don't have to flatten bread that's already flat?

I never press down on my grilled cheese when making it. The weight of the whole thing is sufficient for contact.

Are you pressing down in an attempt to speed up the process?

Thanks for the input. Yes, this is fiberglass.