THE FORD MODEL A—FOLLOWING A TOUGH ACT PART 2
FOUR YEARS OF THE MODEL A FORD couldn’t match the Model T’s 19 years. But tidbits still abound. Here in Part 2, we continue with R&T’s February 1957 discussions, together … Continue reading
THE FORD MODEL A—FOLLOWING A TOUGH ACT PART 1
THE Model T Ford was certainly a tough act to follow. Indeed, the Model A that succeeded it in 1927 wasn’t even the first Ford Model A. Ford’s 1903 car … Continue reading
THE WIFE OF BATH—YOU GO, GRRL
WE TEND TO THINK OF FEMINISM having mid-20th-century origins with accelerated growth during MeToo emerging in 2006. However, Marion Turner writes of 600 years before in “The Voice of a … Continue reading
HOW ‘BOUT THEM MILLENNIALS? PART 2
I’M A FAIR PIECE from Millennials age-wise, but it’s fun to see how they’re doing. Here in Part 2, we learn they prefer to go on cheap dates, not to … Continue reading
HOW ‘BOUT THEM MILLENNIALS? PART 1
I HEARD THE TERM “DEN-MOTHERING” recently in a discussion of Millennial trends, which got me researching this cohort’s general social patterns. Here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow … Continue reading
AMERICAN EXUBERANCE FROM ACROSS THE POND
JULIAN BALME WRITES A CHARMING ARTICLE “Austin A90 Atlantic: One for the Album” in Classic & Sports Car, March 14, 2023, about a car built in 1950 that made an … Continue reading
BEETHOVEN’S MOP
I’VE LONG BEEN ENVIOUS of Ludwig van Beethoven’s unruly head of hair. When I visit the nice lady who trims my hair occasionally (no, make that aperiodically), I say, “concert … Continue reading
CATCH US ON WLS
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. WAS the Amazon of home delivery—and a lot more. The famed Sears catalog, the Internet of its day, offered everything from Havana cigars and Ranger Hammerless … Continue reading
VINTAGE DRIVING—RECREATED IN 1957
“CLASSIC TESTS” WERE AN R&T FEATURE for awhile, wherein editors would assemble data from contemporary sources and write a virtual road test of the classic era. The Bugatti Type 49 … Continue reading
SIMULATING FUEL CELL STEEL
FOLKS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE’S Advanced Power and Energy Program kindly keep me posted of their work with fuel cells of one type and another. See UCI’s work … Continue reading
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