It was given a chance to succeed - it just didn’t.
I lived in those dark days and they had these things called pay phones. You put some coins in the thing, and paid the phone for the call. Now 911 calls were always free, and if you were nice the police would bring you a new onion for your belt.
One time in LA, I watched a dude order a double meat Seafood Sensation / Cheesesteak hybrid. He sheepishly looked at me and said “Surf and Turf”. Haven’t had Subway since.
That is BMW!
I have a funny story about FRA. I was flying Lufthansa from Sofia to Paris vis Frankfurt. Originally the connection was 1:25 but after I bought the ticket it was changed to 0:55. Thats a tight connection in a huge airport you need to clear customs at but it was too late for me to do anything. Our flight out of Sofia…
I’ll never forget my trip to Italy when I was 23, because I learned how to ride a scooter in the most horrifying environment imaginable, well aside from hell I guess.