Congrats to those who recognized ‘Rufus T. Firefly’ as Groucho Marx’ character in the classic movie Duck Soup. It’s my favorite Marx Brothers’ movie.
To those who commented that it would be impossible to do venture capital in the Baltimore area, I simply point out that Warren Buffet has been able to earn a very nice living running his little shop in Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha? Really? Outside of corn and cattle, it has even less going for it than Baltimore! (I’m sure it’s lovely - don’t stone me with the wonders of Nebraska, please!)
There is still some controversy surrounding how cue balls get to the proper outlet in a coin operated pool table. I have had a lot of people reply it’s not magnetism, but different size that makes the difference. Okay, I went to the font of all knowledge - Wikipedia - and looked it up. Here goes:
“Coin-operated pool tables such as those found at bars historically have often used either a larger ("grapefruit") or denser ("rock", typically ceramic) cue ball, such that its extra weight makes it easy for the cue ball return mechanism to separate it from object balls (which are captured until the game ends and the table is paid again for another game) so that the cue ball can be returned for further play, should it be accidentally pocketed. Rarely in the US, some pool tables use a smaller cue ball instead. Modern tables usually employ a magnetic ball of regulation or near-regulation size and weight, since players have complained for many decades that the heavy and often over-sized cue balls do not "play" correctly.”
So much for that issue; we won’t return to it.
Enjoy!