Decades ago, my uncle who spent his life chasing one get-rich-quick scheme or another was telling me of his latest investment opportunity.

He had invested with a man who had built a device that could be pointed at a hillside and provide a readout of the proportions of the various elements within. Considering the possibilities of magnetic resonance, I was ready to grant his story a bit of credence. When he then told me you could take a photograph of a hillside and the same device could make the same analysis, he lost me entirely.

On a side note, they never did locate the Lost Dutchman mine.

Now let's spice it up a bit with secret Soviet era technology and a little multi-spectral satellite imagery. Would you like to buy a few shares?

I think those first years are the most critical. A couple good teachers at the start can immunize your kids against several turkeys down the road.

Perhaps you have put your finger on the problem.

She's got you folks in a panic, doesn't she?

I think that some day we will look back at those sights of huge launch vehicles inching away from their launch pads as laughably inefficient.

Coming soon to Youtube.

And bring back manual spark advance while you're at it.

Give special attention to the electrodes. A pair of quarters was not a good idea.

By the same logic, we could close the gender gap by paying men 20% less.

Do surveillance cams count?

You're probably better off without the marshmallows anyway.

Don't use a quarters for electrodes. . . and don't ask me how I know this.

If you purchased them new, you are allowed to keep them for your own use, but you are not allowed to share them with others, or sell them as used. It's OK to read aloud as long as no one is in earshot. Ooops, that is not current law, just what the publishers would like to see.

Worst case:
The phone rings. You answer. You are asked "To whom am I speaking?" - You draw a blank.

'68 in Vietnam in a rude house in a tiny village a fourth grade girl was working on her homework. I looked to see what she was doing. She was studying set theory, the exact same material my brother was working on in high school, back in the states.