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Your logic isn’t flawed, I agree with you—however, you don’t need a year-old backup phone every year. My wife, for example, is still using her iPhone 4 as a backup, and since we’re on the same carrier, it can act as a backup for me too. Four-year-old phones aren’t great, but they’ll do in a pinch if your phone died… Read more

Just noting that Van Damme's accent was sorrrrt of built in to the plot. During a flashback, we see Frank's parents meeting with his soon-to-be Shidoshi Tanaka, and his dad has a thick French accent as well. He works at a vineyard (?) and connects with Tanaka over both being immigrants who came to America for… Read more

All great points. Nadal gets credit for Federer showing up on Nadal's specialty surface during Federer's peak, and Federer gets no credit for the ones where Nadal didn't make it.

Even though Federer peaked a little later than most tennis players and has continued to play at a high level, their prime years never really… Read more

I posted something similar below, but Rafa built up a huge match win advantage against Federer because early in Rafa's career, he was always playing Federer in the finals of clay court tournaments (Rafa's favorite surface and Federer's least favorite). Once he had built up this huge match win (and mental edge), then… Read more

There was a brief period where both players were near their zenith where we had some great matches. Outside of those, there has been little intrigue. Generally speaking, I think great tennis rivalries need to have both players at their peaks at the same time. I would argue that we never saw that....and only for a… Read more

1973 Fiat 128 Sport L was my first car. Read more