Modern airliners are guided by onboard computers. Pilots are told where they are and where to go by those computers. But airports still have runway lights. Pilots check the accuracy of the computer by visually watching those lights.

The ignition key to the ’66 Ford pick-up was next to the driver’s door. My Dad let me drive the red truck when I was 16 years old. More on that later.

Napoleon met his Waterloo. A French soldier, Nicolas Chauvin, refused to believe the little general was defeated and insisted they fight on. He retained a simpleminded devotion to Napoleon. Today we call anyone who fights on when the situation is lost a chauvinist.

Hunters strategically tie a heavy jug to a tree. The jug has a narrow opening and fruit in it. A monkey sticks an arm into the jug grabbing the fruit. With a fist around the fruit the monkey cannot withdraw its arm. Hunters approach the monkey. It frantically fights for its freedom. The monkey wants both its freedom and the fruit. The hunters easily capture the monkey.