A bit off topic but I’m curious what you mean by modern sailboats and what makes them better than conventional ones?
Tuberculosis
Any time he says most people don’t know x it can be safely translated to I just learned x
How many South Americans does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A Brazilian
I had a layover in Reno a little while ago and there were a bunch of dogs deployed around just for people to pet and enjoy their company, after I met one his trainer gave me a little trading card with a picture of the dog and a short bio. Improved my day immensely
My city recently changed some diagonal parking on a one way to be back-in parking and people park like this there.
This comes from a book published in 1962 so more like Silent gen or maybe Boomers
I read those recently and really liked them so I decided to continue with some of his other books. I just finished Dogs of War and thought it was pretty good, the premise reminds me of a Grant Morrison comic I read ages ago called We3.
Plus all the mechanical components that are technically wheels; gear and cogwheels, flywheels, pulleys, etc.
Women loving women
Just like how you don’t notice the ambient scent of a place you’ve been for a while or the feeling of your tongue inside your mouth, until your attention is drawn to them they just melt into the texture of life.
Plus, at least for me, they aren’t on the same level as real sights and sounds, more of a phantom version.