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  2. Things Boomers Took for Granted That are Obsolete Now

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    Then, 56k dial-up modems were associated with crushingly slow speeds, long startup times, frequent crashes, and the painful sound of digital gears grinding through telephone lines.

  3. Brake lining - Wikipedia

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    When the lining is worn out, the backing or rivets will contact the rotors or drums during braking, often causing damage requiring re-machining or replacement of the drums or rotors. An annoying squeal caused by the warning tang is designed as a typical audible alert that the pads need to be replaced; some vehicles may also have electrical ...

  4. 13 Things You Should Never, Ever Carry in Your Wallet - AOL

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    12. Your Phone. Many wallets are designed to support maximum efficiency nowadays, including many that are directly attached to smartphone cases.

  5. Phonofilm - Wikipedia

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    Phonofilm is an optical sound-on-film system developed by inventors Lee de Forest and Theodore Case in the early 1920s. In 1919 and 1920, de Forest, inventor of the audion tube, filed his first patents on a sound-on-film process, DeForest Phonofilm, which recorded sound directly onto film as parallel lines. These parallel lines photographically ...

  6. Backing track - Wikipedia

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    A solo steel drum player performs with the accompaniment of pre-recorded backing tracks that are being played back by the laptop on the left of the photo.. A backing track is an audio recording on audiotape, CD or a digital recording medium or a MIDI recording of synthesized instruments, sometimes of purely rhythmic accompaniment, often of a rhythm section or other accompaniment parts that ...

  7. Sweet News: These Are the Most Popular Christmas Cookies in ...

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    This map from Google Trends shows which Christmas cookies are the most searched for in America by state in 2024. See if your favorite made the list.

  8. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    2. Actually making a phone call [151] droppers Hired killers [20] dropping the pilot Getting a divorce [150] drugstore cowboy Well-dressed man who loiters in public areas trying to pick up women [150] drum Speakeasy [20] dry. Main article: Prohibition. Place where alcohol is not served or person opposed to the legal sale of alcohol [152] dry Up

  9. QVC recalls 1.1 million pairs of oven gloves after users ...

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    Founded in 1986, QVC has retail operations in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan and Italy. The company reaches more than 200 million homes around the globe through 13 TV channels.