BEWARE - This is a vintage episode of a podcast evolved a lot over two decades years and close to a thousand episodes to eventually beomce somewhat listenable. If you are new to the show, please try some current episodes first. 

An extra long episode in which Neal ends the year discussing the regulatory ramifications of crapping into concrete, assumptions about aliens, potato famine versus the Wild West, understanding the phrase guns at dawn, Harvie Krumpet and his English cousin,  grabbing time by the neck, doubts about the horizon, blaming placebos and more.