AMG's are basically customized, high performance versions of otherwise stock Mercedes models. It's a mystery to me how AMG's model names relate to the Mercedes models they're based upon.Originally Posted by iris lilies
AMG's are basically customized, high performance versions of otherwise stock Mercedes models. It's a mystery to me how AMG's model names relate to the Mercedes models they're based upon.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Excellent explanation.
Now explain to me how they come up with drug names. They seem to be completely randomized collections of letters to me.
I don’t know about drugs, but please explain to me why this appliance manufacturer chose THIS unsavory name:
Smeg
all I can think of is the —ma version.
Reminds me of that old SNL sketch: “With a name like Nosehair, it has to be good “.
IrisLily maybe you can help me? I have an Apple SE phone as well. I recently changed something (and foolishly did not write it down) and now my texts will not ping. I may have to resort to YouTube to figure it out??
, I’m the last one to ask for tech help especially for our phone because I hate my phone.
But what do you mean by it doesn’t ping?
I had a problem where my texts went through only to Apple users. If they were not Apple users, they did not get my text. Is that the problem you’re having?
If you mean that your phone will no longer alert you with an audible tone when you receive a text, go to Settings-Notifications-Messages, tap Sounds and choose which alert tone you prefer. You may have accidentally set it to None.
If that's not what you mean please explain and we'll figure it out for you.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Wow! You are good Alan! Evidently I turned off notifications. Thank you!
Elon Musk’s space ship rescued stranded astronauts a couple of weeks ago. There wasn’t much in mainstream news about it, maybe half a day’s story.
I’ve heard a mainstream media source explain slowly and carefully to those of us who are stupid conservatives that the astronauts were neither “rescued “nor had they been “stranded. “
Yet my general knowledge of this event was the astronauts went up for a short time and for some reason were not able to come back at the planned time, they had to wait for a longer period until another spaceship could go fetch them, but that wasn’t happening yet.
Could someone explain to me why these astronauts were not “stranded?” Is it because there was a plan from the United States space agency to go get them it’s just that the timing wasn’t right yet?
the whole thing just seems so odd to me.
Last edited by iris lilies; 4-8-25 at 8:26am.
As I understand it, they were indeed "stranded" just not in a forever sense.
After NASA changed their primary purpose to Muslim outreach during the Obama administration they also began outsourcing space exploration to private companies. Last year the two astronauts in question went to the ISS on a Boeing Starliner craft for an 8 or 9 day mission but then found they could not safely return on the same craft which later did successfully return home without them. Boeing then spent the next 8 or 9 months trying to correct the Starliner issues (and still working on it) while the astronauts were left aboard the ISS for an indeterminate time awaiting NASA's approval for a ride home once Boeing resolved their issues.
It became a political issue last year when Elon Musk advised the Biden administration that he could send a SpaceX rocket up to return them right away but was denied permission, many say for political reasons due to the administration's displeasure at Musk's stance on free speech and social media.
Once a new administration assumed office, SpaceX was authorized to send a rocket up to bring them home, 9 months after they arrived there and at a point where still no-one knows when Boeing might be able to send a safe craft up for them.
So, in my opinion they were very much stranded with no authorized means to return home in a timely manner during the vast majority of the time they spent on the ISS. Many people disagree with the "stranded" term because of fear the new administration may be seen as rescuing the astronauts while the old administration might be seen as not being able or willing to. Like most things in politics these days, it's silly.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
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