- published: 14 Jul 2016
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Driving most often refers to the controlled operation and movement of a motorized vehicle, such as a car, truck, or bus.
The origin of the term driver, as recorded from the 15th century, refers to the occupation of driving working animals, especially pack horses or draft horses. The verb ' to drive ' in origin means "to force to move, to impel by physical force". It is first recorded of electric railway drivers in 1889 and of a motor-car driver in 1896. Early alternatives were motorneer,motor-man, motor-driver or motorist. French favors "conducteur" (the English equivalent, "conductor", being used —from the 1830s— not of the driver but of the person in charge of passengers and collecting fares), while German influenced areas adopted Fahrer (used of coach-drivers in the 18th century, but shortened about 1900 from the compound Kraftwagenfahrer), and the verbs führen, lenken, steuern —all with a meaning "steer, guide, navigate"— translating to conduire.
An ice cube is a small, roughly cube-shaped piece of ice (frozen water), conventionally used to cool beverages. Ice cubes are sometimes preferred over crushed ice because they melt more slowly; they are standard in mixed drinks that call for ice, in which case the drink is said to be "on the rocks."
American physician and humanitarian John Gorrie built a refrigerator in 1844 with the purpose of cooling air. His refrigerator produced ice which he hung from the ceiling in a basin. Gorrie can be considered the creator of ice cubes, but his aim was not to cool drinks: he used the ice to lower the ambient room temperature. During his time, a dominant idea was that bad air quality caused disease. Therefore, in order to help treat sickness, he pushed for the draining of swamps and the cooling of sickrooms.
Ice cubes are produced domestically by filling an ice cube tray with water and placing it in a freezer. Many freezers also come equipped with an icemaker, which produces ice cubes automatically and stores them in a bin from which they can be dispensed directly into a glass.
And I could wait until I'm old
And I could wait until I choke
And I could wait 'til hell is cold
And I could call you
But I'm driving, yes, I'm driving
Did you read I changed my name?
Still suck hard but I'm not the same
Grown real big and standing tall
Love got lost when I learnt to crawl
And I could wait until I'm old
And I could wait until I choke
And I could wait 'til hell is cold
And I could call you
But I'm driving, yes, I'm driving
My car's real wide but I've got no room
Wheels keep spinning when I'm out of tune
To be the best you have to take
I'll take all I can even if you break
And I could wait until I'm old
And I could wait until I choke
And I could wait 'til hell is cold
And I could call you
But I'm driving, yes, I'm driving
But I'm driving, yes, I'm driving
Do you still think of me?