The prefix “retro”— as in “retrograde” or “retroactive”— means backward in Latin. According toMerriam-Webster, the retro meaning is “relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past: fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned.” Retro furniture may not a...
“Carried Away” "Every song on this album deals with some aspects of him and some aspects of her and some aspects of us. The ideal of sharing space with someone can be challenging no matter how short or long. We’ve had moments of doubt, moments of clarity, moments of regret and ...
Means a lot for real my bday is on Oct 19. Ayo tell your husband I'm so grateful it's so refreshing to see someone on such a level that doesn't have to betray, backstab, kiss a** or suck d**k to get things done in the world. His gifts are truly heaven sent. Oh I'm ...
When the small hand beneath the 12 position is all the way to "0" this means the mainspring is totally unwound and indicates it must be wound to keep this pocket watch going...this was a key feature for the railroads so they could trust their pocket watch would be spot on day and ni...
Historically, artists created most clip art in a vector format, which means the images could be scaled to any size and not lose quality. That makes it extra fun today to take an image designed for very low resolution and scale it up to 3000 pixels wide to see details that you might oth...
Unfortunately, these JDM classics were never sold in the continental US, which means you’ll have to import one and manage a Left Hand Drive car on Right Hand Drive roads if you decide to bring one home (not a feat for the faint of heart). 350 votes Love this car? Photo: Jeremy ...
All of thefree knitting patternsthat appear on this website have passed into the public domain. That means that these designs are no longer protected bycopyrightand you are free to do whatever you would like to do with them! Copy them, share them, make finished items from them and sell ...
Since cloth was one of the costliest items in colonial America dresses were made to last for 15 years which means that some women owned only about 2-3 dresses in their lifetime. Wigs were commonplace for men and women in colonial times, but the super tall and lofty wigs were only worn ...
Copper is a biostatic material, which means bacteria and many other forms of life will not grow on it. Because of this, it was used for a long period of time to protect parts of ships against barnacles and mussels. In hospitals, copper or copper alloy products are used to reduce bacteri...
To me, "vintage" wristwatches means ones around 100 years old, which often have gold or silver cases. I became interested in hallmarks on watch cases, and curious about some anomalies, such as why most Swiss watches imported into Britain during the nineteenth century don't have British ...