Spent a couple weeks there last summer. I can see this

Great comments! (I came here looking for a link to see if this is real)

I once met a Japanese immigrant (to America) who claimed he learned the hard way they sell dog-specific food in supermarkets

Oil. Venezuela isn’t allowing U.S. oil companies to exploit it.

The Russians have kept vacuum-tube technology going, driven by their military, as it was resistant to the EMP effect of nearby nuclear detonators. You might be able to watch WW III on an old TV if there’s cameras and broadcast infrastructure also able to survive

This makes me wonder: there are many audiophiles who prefer music recorded on vinyl disks and replayed through tube amplifiers; are there also sufficient videophiles with similar preferences to support continuation of this retro tech?

How critics of the regime are treated

1973

No idea why they are trying so hard to keep the files out of the public eye. Not enough of the people who actually matter care… even if they prove that besides pedophilia, there’s ultra-embarrassing kink, high-level money laundering, extortion, and Russian involvement; who really GAF?

I’ve seen used wind turbine blades cut into sections to make bus stop shelters

I’ve heard he was vegetarian

I was 13 when this came out, all I had were AM radios and Zep was only played on the FM stations around here, so I had the opposite experience. Lucky I had that one friend, tho…

The 3.8% rate is what they’re saying is the “average.” So, some things might outpace that, while other things might stay the same.
They had brand-new 55” flat, “smart” TVs on sale here for $299, which is a fraction of what I remember my parents paying for a grossly inferior version in the 1970s.

Enjoy, and hope your buzz results in a positive outcome…
I discovered the hard way it doesn’t always. However, I was lucky it was on the return flight and I don’t live far from the airport

OTOH, good businesspeople are usually also good salespeople and/or engineers

Pity my enemies don’t read

In Latin America, he’s called “Wonde”

Before 1848, a lot of the landowners of California were Spanish-speaking; so it the early U.S.-aligned government saw the benefits to being understood

Yep, those look way too good to waste hurling at some unappreciating fed