INVENTIONS THAT TRANSFORMED THE WORLD PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH History Extra Magazine’s “What Was the Greatest Invention in History? 9 Experts Share Their Opinions.” Tidbits were gleaned from two of them in Part 1. Today, … Continue reading
INVENTIONS THAT TRANSFORMED THE WORLD PART 1
HISTORY EXTRA MAGAZINE POSITS “WHAT WAS THE GREATEST INVENTION IN HISTORY? 9 EXPERTS SHARE THEIR OPINIONS.” I love articles such as this, if for no other reason than to see … Continue reading
GRESLEY A3 PACIFIC—HANDLES LIKE IT’S ON RAILS
“IN AN AGE OF COMPACTS, ECONOMY CARS, MINI CARS AND OTHER TRIVIA,” R&T Contributing Editor Tony Hogg observed, “it is a great relief for us when occasionally we are able … Continue reading
THE AVIATOR REVISITED, RECALLED, WITH MATHEMATICAL WHIMSY PART 2
YESTERDAY, A RECENT REVIEWING OF The Aviator included my own encounters with Howard Hughes’ aircraft. We continue here in Part 2 with a Hercules H-4 fantasy, a “Guy and Doll” … Continue reading
THE AVIATOR—REVISITED, RECALLED, WITH MATHEMATICAL WHIMSY PART 1
IT TURNS OUT HOWARD HUGHES IS A FAMILIAR FIGURE here at SimanaitisSays and, surely, I’ve seen The Aviator, 2004, at least once before its recent showing on Turner Classic Movies. … Continue reading
THE MOBSTER’S NEW SCHEMES
WERE THIS A 1930S MOBSTER FLICK, it would be absurd but entertaining. But, instead, it’s the warped reality of Trump the Don, his consigliere Todd Blanche, and others of his … Continue reading
USTA BE AN EDITOR, Y’KNOW PART 2
HERE IN PART 2, WE’LL CONTINUE OUR LINGUISTIC DISCUSSIONS encouraged by Professor Valerie Fridland’s “Despite All the Likes, Literallys, and Dropped g’s, English Isn’t Decaying Before Our Eyes.” It’s quite … Continue reading
USTA BE AN EDITOR, Y’KNOW PART 1
THOUGH THE GHOST OF MRS. GRIMBLY continues to remind me not to split infinitives, I confess to being otherwise hep in my modern English usage. One of my guides in … Continue reading
ECLECTIC ELECTRICS—17 YEARS AGO PART 2
I RECENCTLY UNEARTHED THIS BEVY OF BEVS (battery electric vehicles) from March 2009 R&T. Here in Part 2, we continue with these Eclectic Electrics, including one that’s the second-quickest car … Continue reading
ECLECTIC ELECTRICS—17 YEARS AGO PART 1
IT WAS EARLY 2009 THAT R&T GOT SERIOUS ABOUT BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BEVs, for short. (And no pun intended). In February 2009, we tested the Tesla Roadster, a rolling-chassis Lotus … Continue reading
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