It’s not just glasses, it’s those ear horns that hear engine roar as a good thing. OTOH, the EV hum is a sound effect, so maybe we can hack that to sound like a Model T or whatever.

I agree with eliminating gas. I also know, from experience, that a Powerwall battery can’t run an air handler, so I also have portable AC and heaters for power outages in extreme weather. If you’re converting to all electric, seriously consider minisplits instead of an air handler.

Possum comes from opossum, from the Algonquin “wapathemwa,” which shows how clumsy English colonists are at transliteration. Worse, Aussie biologists swiped “possum,” even though the phalangers so labeled are closer to kangaroos. Total failure of classical education in the UK, imho.

If you look up “Flooding the zone with shit” by Steve Bannon, you may find similarities. Also, you may find ways to deal. This isn’t new.

Why do we need the DoD if cocaine is so much more deadly than any munition? Sheesh.

Modern meaning post 900 AD or so?

Golden eagle
Bald eagle
Island fox
Island scrub jay
California gnatcatcher
Blue whale