Unintended consequences, that close cousin of mislaid plans, can claim some responsibility for a current conundrum: low-flow fixtures paired with existing oversized piping helped create the growing crisis of legionella bacteria.
My late father knew how computers were going to play an important role in my life. In 1987, I got to play and work on a Commodore 64. A couple years later he got me one of the first laptops, which had to weigh 50 pounds, to work on my word processing and enhance my computer skills.