And I have the 9-3T in driveway as daily driver :)

I'm in the "what could 1 more turbo hurt" stage ;)

Next he'll put Canada on Double Secret Probation, that should do it facepalm

A big driver of cassettes then was the write ability, unlike 8 tracks. You could borrow your friend's new vinyl album, pop in a new cassette tape on your hi-fi, and record a copy of the album to the tape. Of course the Walkman then made listening to your new album fully portable.

There were consumer 8-track writers, and you could buy blank 8-tracks. But it was more expensive and less common; just never caught on.

Did not know! Before my time I guess.

Same with the 'doing AI right' Netflix example for me. Showing me the same exact recommendations in each tray but in a different order isn't helping.

That is how netflix was before ai too.

Aka Black Irish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Irish_(folklore)

That wikipedia article is pretty clear that it is a myth and there is no genetic evidence of shipwrecked Spanish sailors having children.

Yes. There is an Iberian connection that explains Irish folks with dark features, but that would be from Neolithic farmers migrating there 5000 years earlier.

And you see a similar connection in he other direction in northwestern Spain. Regions with redheads and bagpipes. It's not a majority, but you can see it from families tracking their roots to that area from 700+ years.

Agreed that was a good one. They used so much Kahlua that it caused the price of Kahlua liqueur to rise at liquor stores because they were buying so much of it. So they stopped the flavor.

DLR tells the story at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_IxqdAgNJck

Fortunately the gas pump is a primary news source for a lot of people and it doesn't lie!

Yes, back when Brador beer was available! That was the main draw for me and friends when we were that age :)

Also in greater Boston and had the fortune to do a family trip to Bermuda in that era. One more possibility not mentioned in the article is that Bermuda could have also 'lost its crown' as a popular destination for New Englanders because it was simply promoted less. I don't think the island cluster is as dependent on tourism revenue as maybe it once was in 70s.