COOK’S TRAVELLER’S HANDBOOK HEALTH RESORTS PART 1
MY 1905 COOK’S HEALTH RESORTS is in the worst condition of any of my traveler’s handbook collection. What can we learn from this? The red cover of my example shows … Continue reading
JUST PHILOSOPHIZING
THOUGH PH.D. TRANSLATES INTO Doctorate in Philosophy, I confess my own degree never represented much knowledge of philosophy per se. Somehow the subject was too dense, too filled with arcane … Continue reading
RAPPIN’ A.I.
WHO OWNS THE SOUND of a voice? Or a theme of music? The concept of copyright is to define “a type of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship as soon … Continue reading
1959 ELVA—VRAIMENT, ELLE VA!
“IN ENGLAND, AS IN THIS COUNTRY,” R&T wrote in June 1959, “nearly every amateur ‘special’ builder has more or less grandiose dreams of seeing his machine win race after race … Continue reading
FARMER’S COKE AND OTHER SIPS
HERE’S AN ALTERNATIVE FOR NON-beer drinkers who’d like to experiment with nucleated peanuts: “Farmer’s Coke.” Atlas Obscura describes, “Historians speculate that the Southern tradition of blending shelled, salted peanuts and Coke … Continue reading
THE 1929 GOLDEN BEAR CABIN PLANE—SOARING PLANS, SORRY DEMISE PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, THE GOLDEN BEAR NC-1 had soaring plans of being an all-metal airplane for private flyers, one bearing resemblance to Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis. Alas, a … Continue reading
THE 1929 GOLDEN BEAR CABIN PLANE—SOARING PLANS, SORRY DEMISE PART 1
AS DESCRIBED IN CLASSIC AIRPLANES of the 30’s and Aircraft of the Roaring 20’s, “The November 1939 issue of ‘Popular Aviation’ carried a photo sequence of the destruction of a … Continue reading
PEANUTS FOR YOUR BEER?
IN ARGENTINA, A GLASS OF BEER is served with a small handful of roasted shelled peanuts. A ploy to raise thirst for another beer? A counter to the hops flavor? … Continue reading
AVOCADO CARNITAS JALAPẼNO PIZZA
VOICE OF AMERICA REPORTS “THESE ARE Young America’s Favorite New Ethnic Foods,” and they ain’t pizza anymore. Dora Mekouar writes in VOA, June 14, 2023, “Millennials, people between the ages … Continue reading
ANDERS CELSIUS’S CLEVER IDEA
THE INTERESTING FACTS WEBSITE has the added fun of encouraging further investigation. For instance, a recent topic was “The Celsius Scale was Originally Backward.” Interesting Facts notes, “Instead of 0 … Continue reading
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