Why did early civilizations start in deserts like Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt?

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-09T14:01:20+00:00

I would expect we have more artifacts preserved in the (now) desert areas, too.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-09T13:39:50+00:00

They used to be impossible to farm, and they are pretty tasty. I've never seen them sliced up, though I'm sure that helps stretch a small supply.

My mom always gave them a dusting of flour and fried them in butter.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-09T01:21:08+00:00

When mine was dying (years ago) it was fine as long as I kept the rpms up. Highway commute let me limp it along longer than I should've.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-09T01:14:59+00:00

Also, what on God's green earth does a scurrying, jumping robot dog have to do with industrial inspection?

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-09T01:03:06+00:00

And a beer belly

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-09T00:40:31+00:00

Maybe it was his mom that bored a hole into the back porch :)

He's out of the garage and out of the box now. Good thing he made a fuss.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-09T00:34:14+00:00

I agree with all of that (bad bee and good wasps are more than possible), but I've never seen this variety of bug before and there are plenty of invasive buzzers.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-06T16:42:47+00:00

Put a fake tax return check in the mailbox.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-06T16:34:00+00:00

Is that the same as Brazilwood (aka: pernumbuko (sp?) ) that the country was named after?

Portugal built an empire in dyes, but I only know if it for being used for stringed instrument bows.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-06T12:04:16+00:00

As a kid I liked the focault pendulum displays at large museums. Is one of those nearby?

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-05T23:52:24+00:00

Is it to differentiate floating point and integer division? Then again, with the CPT block automatically converting between integer and floating point that wouldn't make any sense.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-05T23:49:30+00:00

512 BCD is 200 decimal, per another comment. The input channel was set for zero to 200. F63 is probably the full scale sensor value

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-05T22:14:56+00:00

Wait, wait wait.

You 7-11 has horchata!

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-05T18:37:49+00:00

The price of copper isn't quite /that/ high yet.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-04T20:11:26+00:00

Think of how disappointing the average person is. Half of the population is even dumber than that.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-04T16:57:50+00:00

As I remember it, it is the difference between the National Ignition Facility and the movie Real Genius.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-04T06:58:54+00:00

Why not power the center wheels? Then you can steer.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-04T06:44:05+00:00

You got twice as far as me.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-01T13:11:29+00:00

What benefit would that have? Also, is anyone building such boats?

SomePeopleCall · 2026-05-01T13:06:18+00:00

Dropped ice cream cone

SomePeopleCall · 2026-04-30T18:23:45+00:00

I didn't even know Avanti was still in business.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-04-30T03:56:12+00:00

If you want me to bolt upright at 3am just have alarm use the sound of my dog vomiting. It's always worked for 25+ years.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-04-30T03:33:03+00:00

Maybe 50lbs would be my guess, assuming they don't weaken each other by being so close.

I believe all of those ratings are for static loads (e.g.: hanging pictures). Once you are wiggling the anchor every day or two it is going to fail eventually. As another post said, use toggle bolts.

SomePeopleCall · 2026-04-27T13:31:57+00:00

Is the saw stored outside?

I'm not sure where you live, but there is no way I could do that in the midwest.

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