CONTINENTAL MOTORING A CENTURY AGO PART 1
MY 1923 COOK’S TRAVELLER’S HANDBOOK for Normandy and Brittany offers interesting tidbits on Cycling and Motoring, including an extensive list of light cars and cyclecars. Here in Parts 1 and … Continue reading
ETYMOLOGY: FILIBUSTER
HOW CAN A representative democracy obstruct a majority view? In one word: filibuster. And an example comes to immediate mind: gun control. Here are tidbits on etymology of the word … Continue reading
Cook’s Traveller’s Handbook for Normandy and Brittany Part 2
OLD GUIDEBOOKS MAKE INTERESTING assessments, if occasionally lacking in terms of today’s P.C. niceties. Yesterday in Part 1, Thos. Cook & Son introduced us to Normandy and Brittany, 1923. Today, … Continue reading
COOK’S TRAVELLER’S HANDBOOK TO NORMANDY AND BRITTANY PART 1
HAVING ONLY YESTERDAY mentioned the Norman Conquest, I thought I’d learn more about Normandy, that portion of northern France whence came the conquerors. What better source than my Cook’s Traveller’s … Continue reading
NEW ENGLAND ON THE AZOV
THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF 1066 did more than introduce French words into the language becoming Middle English. As described by Michael Wood in BBC History, May 2022, “… when the … Continue reading
HISTORIES OF COMPUTING BY MICHAEL SEAN MAHONEY
THE PLURAL OF THE WORD “Histories” sets Mahoney’s book apart from other attempts of putting computers in historical perspective. Published in 2011, the book was assembled by Thomas Haigh following … Continue reading
THE FIRST ANNUAL PEBBLE BEACH ROAD RACE PART 2
RACING AROUND CALIFORNIA’S Monterey Peninsula began formally in November 1950, with Road and Track, January 1951, reporting on the Pebble Beach Road Races. Here in Part 2, a young fellow … Continue reading
THE FIRST ANNUAL PEBBLE BEACH ROAD RACE PART 1
VISITORS TODAY ENJOY the charm of Carmel, the luxury of The Lodge at Pebble Beach, and the beauty of Seventeen Mile Drive through California’s Monterey Peninsula. Here’s an assessment from … Continue reading
WHAT DO CLARK GABLE AND EDDIE “ROCHESTER” ANDERSON HAVE IN COMMON? PART 2
YESTERDAY, CLARK GABLE DESCRIBED his favorite sports car, the XK-120 Jaguar, in the March 1950 Road and Track. Today in Part 2, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson reveals plans in Road and … Continue reading
WHAT DO CLARK GABLE AND EDDIE “ROCHESTER” ANDERSON HAVE IN COMMON? PART 1
OF COURSE, BOTH Clark Gable and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson were part of the American entertainment scene: These days, I regularly hear Anderson’s gravelly voice as Rochester van Jones, valet, butler, … Continue reading
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