Friend of mine we by to the store to buy c64 games on tape. Took them home, copied them using a thing that would connect to datasette units at once. Went back to the store to return our exchange.

After a few rounds of this, the store said no more exchanges

Then he recorded a few seconds of silence somewhere on the tape and said ‘but it’s defective’.

Man. We were high rollers.

Trade is unlikeky to return. There was a short us-eu tariffs War during Trumps first presidency. I think it was on fruit. The buyers found suppliers in other countries and havent returned.

This time around the eu tariff warriors are going for about 100 times as much in tariffs and are attacking republican mainstays, such as louisiana (som beans) where the republican speaker Mike Johnson got his mandate.

Trump will rage and consider it election interference. We will snicker and ignore that.