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GNTLGNT

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If God sneezes, what should you say?
What is a picture of a thousand words worth?
Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?
Whose cruel idea was it for the word lisp to have an "s" in it?
Why is it called alcoholics anonymous when the first thing you do is stand up and say "hi, my name's Bob. I'm an alcoholic"?
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink what comes out"?
 

hossenpepper

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What have you ever wondered....?

I wonder why are there no "B" batteries?

Or no "A" batteries, just "AA" and "AAA."

yeah! never even thought of that! hmmm

There are both! There is also a "AAAA" size. The most common place you find these are in penlights and glucose meters. "A" size batteries are still around, mostly in rechargeable packs. Before that, they were common inside of older laptop battery packs. "B" size batteries may still be around somewhere, but were mostly pre-80's and found in lanterns, mostly in Europe. They are 4.5 volt, so they didn't match well with most US standards.
 

KingAHolic

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There are both! There is also a "AAAA" size. The most common place you find these are in penlights and glucose meters. "A" size batteries are still around, mostly in rechargeable packs. Before that, they were common inside of older laptop battery packs. "B" size batteries may still be around somewhere, but were mostly pre-80's and found in lanterns, mostly in Europe. They are 4.5 volt, so they didn't match well with most US standards.

thanks Professor :)
 

GNTLGNT

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LOL, I suppose.

Actually, if I remember correctly, to describe night conditions they use "partly cloudy" and to describe day conditions, they use "partly sunny".
...it actually is very simple...on a day with some blue sky, if there is more sunshine than clouds present-then it's partly sunny...conversely, if there are more clouds than sun-voila, partly cloudy...