TRUMP, CALIFORNIA, AND THE AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS
TRUMP IS BENT on undoing just about anything that the Obama administration accomplished in its eight years. If he ever finds out that President Obama slept reclined in pajamas, you … Continue reading
NEW ENGLAND LORE 1896
PURELY ON the spur of a moment, I thought it’s time to brush up on my knowledge of New England. There’s a guidebook around here somewhere. Ah, yes. Sweetster’s…. Mine … Continue reading
WOLSELEY HORNET SPECIAL
JUST AS RODNEY Dangerfield was famous for getting no respect, so it was with the Wolseley Hornet Special Decent Early Years. Wolseley Motors Limited had a respectable origin in 1901 … Continue reading
CHURCHILL’S CHICAGO TYPEWRITER
“ONE OF THE most famous photographers of Winston Churchill,” David Olusoga wrote, “is also one of the more controversial.” Olusoga’s article in BBC History Magazine is titled “The Gun in … Continue reading
THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICANS GOT INLAND ALONG WATER ROUTES
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH on the banks of a western Idaho river gives evidence that the first North Americans arrived around 16,000 years ago, three millennia earlier than previously thought. This reassessment … Continue reading
HENGWRT PINKHURST TIDBITS PART 2
THE HENGWRT CHAUCER is the oldest known manuscript of The Canterbury Tales. Yesterday here at SimanaitisSays, I shared several tidbits of Christopher De Hamel’s encounter with the Hengwrt at the … Continue reading
HENGWRT PINKHURST TIDBITS PART 1
ADAM PINKHURST was a scribe during Chaucer’s time, the late 1300s and early 1400s. The Hengwrt Chaucer, c. 1400, is the earliest known example of Chaucer’s most famous work, The … Continue reading
PAYOFFS (AND PERILS) OF AUTOMOTIVE PROGRESS
AS WITH ANY successful endeavor, automotive progress is essential, but not without inherent perils. My thoughts on this are prompted by recognizing a trend from articles in Automotive News, the … Continue reading
“No, MR. BOND. I EXPECT YOU TO WELD.”
THE QUOTE ABOVE acknowledges one of the greatest James Bond movie lines. In answer to 007’s “Do you expect me to talk?,” Goldfinger replies, “No, Mr. Bond. I expect you … Continue reading
BUBBLEGRAM MEMORIES
I HAD FORGOTTEN the word “bubblegram” until I got out my collection of them. According to Wikipedia, “A bubblegram (also known as laser crystal, 3D engraving or vitrography) is a … Continue reading
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