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My first computer was an Access Matrix that I'd play on at my dad's office. It was such a neat computer back in the day as a proto-laptop with built-in modem and printer.


I blame W.H.F. Talbot


I can say for me that after my father died I posted pictures of him at some of his favorite places or from favorite trips.


I suspect the key was you used Dr Emmett Brown to tune up the equipment then plugged your electric guitar into his amplifier.


>why is boxing, for example, divided into weight classes?

A combination of boxer safety and having more competitive matches.


The Beach Boys also unabashedly liked money. I saw The Beach Boys - what was left of them anyway - with one the original members talking on stage basically talking about how he still did touring because he liked driving around in a Bentley.


Both can be true in homes being unique while also functionally being like commodities. Whether a home or a spec home or tract home the pricing is based similarly to sports stats and no matter how one-of-a-kind a home is a mortgage on such a home can then be packaged with a bunch of other homes into a bond where bond investors will look at the stats of the combined homes and who the borrowers are.


They also have the GDP equivalent of JetBlue Airways


Never get involved in a land war in Asia but only slightly less well-known is never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.


Inconceivable!


To locate spies look for 'Boris' wearing all black and 'Natasha' who use the code words 'moose and squirrel' to describe their mission.


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