Missed deadlines.

He so loved the wonderful whooshing sound they made as they flew by.

I have designs for safety related equipment used by the industry for almost 20 years before I got around to completing a degree.

One of my favorite tests was to use a 220Kg hammer (on a pendulum)to smash the competitions stuff against an anvil. Then I made sure my stuff took at least twice as much swing to break, while have fewer, less expensive parts. Fail fast and often, then figure it out.

And those items are still used today.

Because I listened. Both to engineering instructors (with over 250 hour to graduate, I had a broad education) and to old BDIFFF (Been Doin' It For F*****g Forever) people. Hi, Jake!

I learned how to do for a dollar what any damn fool could do for two.

Never stand behind a coughing cow.

I know his wife got the second-best bed. That's the one they slept in. The best bed was for guests and patrons.

Tell that to Morgan Motor.

http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/carpages/4seater/4seater.html

No, but they both involved enormous government support.

Land giveaways for the railroads.

Fuel taxes for the highways

(And, some of the US Rte 1-101 highways were built by the WPA.)

I floss my teeth, 9 edge leading

Mmmm! Catfish sushi!

(And, considering the water quality, it comes with e coli sauce.)

Not if you do it at the outlet of a river to the sea, where the mixing has been happening for billions of years. I think life in that area has adapted by now.

Uh, you are looking through the telescope the wrong way. That flow you quoted is at the UPPER end. From the same site you linked to, the flow is 50 times greater at the Delta, where you find the OTHER side of the cell, salt water.