bokononon

The postmasters' lawyers have to be put in front of the Inquiry for this utter deriliction of duty.

A friend has a fully functioning Nilfisk that was made in 1969 and, the same as you, the only thing that's been replaced is the power cord.

I also do this. Time-travel to Ancient Rome, winning the lottery, pandemic survival, going to Mars. I find I just start the scenario, and the imagination takes its own turns. It's like daydreaming and it's an enjoyable way of falling asleep quickly.

It's easy to work out (that Shakespeare was possibly in touch with Thomas North, or they were only one bounce apart):

> Mr. McCarthy focused on Thomas North, a translator of Plutarch’s “Lives,” whom Shakespeare relied on heavily for his dramas.

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> Mr. McCarthy found a reference to the manuscript by George North, a likely cousin of Thomas...

I wonder if this could ever learn to play Spelunky? :-)

> I remember reading Verlinde's paper on entropic gravity when it came out and I'm still excited about that idea.

I remember reading this too. Did anything ever become of this theory?