A few nifty notions to consider for tomorrow’s vehicles
We were tooling down the road on Easter Eve with Daughter No. 1 in the back seat and her phone was giving oral instructions pertaining to our desired direction. I realized that not only was the voice male, but it had a distinct Australian accent.
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