Would you guess that lingering in the fridge with the door open only costs around 30¢ per month?
Two Dollars of History in $300 Loafers I started wearing Allen Edmonds in the 1990s because they were American-made, exceptionally well built, and designed to be repaired instead…
The expression “rule of thumb” was in use by the seventeenth century. One early printed example appeared in 1658, where it meant working by rough estimation rather than by precise measurement. Its exact origin is uncertain, but it probably grew from the thumb’s long career as humanity’s original pocket ruler.