Lady_Comet

"The first devices identified as guns or proto-guns appeared in China from around AD 1000.[3] By the end of the 13th century, they had become "true guns",..." from the Wikipedia entry on "Gun," accessed December 31st, 2024 at 5:25PM GMT. Guns are older than one would expect. Although, I'm not exactly clear on when this story is supposed to take place. So, it could be that this story is placed too early for guns.

Whether the underlying automatic system is MTL or Autocorrect/autocomplete; the main issue is in the author's or translator's unequivocal trust in the computer to be right. Hence, in both cases there is a lack of proper proofreading. Truthfully, I'm not as diligent in proofreading my writing as I once was. This leads to "it" becoming "of" or words being out of order more than I would like.

That's interesting. My mother always has us husk the corn before we boil it.

It won't stop James Bond's bullets but will probably stop Barney Fife's [the deputy on, "The Andy Griffith Show," played by Don Knotts] bullets.

She should buy a couple coffee plants. But stocking up on processed coffee beans is a good idea. Who knows how much trial and error it will take before she gets the drying and roasting process right.

Godzilla? King Kong? Both?

Last we saw Little Cat he was locked in the pig pen with his mother. So it definitely feels like there might be a chapter missing somewhere.

I'm glad this happened. It's a cool game mechanic that rewards the diligent. It's makes it so a person's evolution path isn't just based on luck or fixed to a linear narrative.

I use whatever side of the stairs my dog let's me use. My dog outweighs me by 50 pounds. If she wants the right side of the stairs I'll take the left.

Oh, imagine if Mianmian learned about the drive-thru alcohol stores in the Out Banks in North Carolina in the United States. 😅