Now, if this were available in some kind of account that kids could get (meaning, not a credit card), I would be interested in one or more for home use, to give them a sense of how much electricity they use and how expensive it is.
A former roommate of mine went to England for a work-study program back in the 1970s. She told me she had to feed quarters into a device in her room to get electricity at all. This is kind of a modern version of the same thing.
Nobody has mentioned the alternative to "you're welcome" that I use a lot: "My pleasure," which is short for "It was my pleasure to serve you." Maybe it's a southern thing. I use that about half the time, and "you're welcome" about half.
"No problem" is just weird, but since the intent is politeness, I'll take it as it is meant.
Didn't we post about a service you could use for this? Write emails and the service would send them out on a pre-planned schedule in the event of your death?
In the practical world, it would be "the smallest you can measure."
But in the practical world, a perfectly round sphere would not "sit" on a perfectly flat surface. It would roll, I think. Even if it were also a perfectly LEVEL surface, the movement of the earth would cause the perfectly round sphere to roll.
At least until it picked up enough cat hair to stop it.
Not that it's a "new" method.
"No problem" is just weird, but since the intent is politeness, I'll take it as it is meant.
But in the practical world, a perfectly round sphere would not "sit" on a perfectly flat surface. It would roll, I think. Even if it were also a perfectly LEVEL surface, the movement of the earth would cause the perfectly round sphere to roll.
At least until it picked up enough cat hair to stop it.
http://www.maniacworld.com/squirrel-vs-penguin.htm