[Ads-l] Obsolete term: "gas pedal" in an electric car =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=93_?=alternatives "potentiometer" or "accelerator"
W Brewer
brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Fri Sep 27 22:41:50 UTC 2019
I miss the days when we could yell to a neighbor, "Hang up yer 'phone, it's
off the hook!", although we can still say "The s.o.b. hung up on me!",
anachronymically speaking.
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