A BRIEF EXPLANATORY TOUR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY PART 1
WE ALL GOT TO SEE extensive TV coverage of the magnificent Westminster Abbey during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. In London Review of Books, October 2, 2022, Miranda Carter … Continue reading
MGB 1800—FULL-PRESS MARKETING IN 1962
HAMBRO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION was the U.S. importer for MG, and in November 1962 it performed a full-press marketing of the MGB, the first revamping since this classic sports car eschewed … Continue reading
TEGEL GOES ECO
TEGEL HAS BEEN a hunting ground for the pleasure of Prussian nobles. It was home for Nazi rocket scientists. The airport played an important humanitarian role in the Berlin Airlift … Continue reading
BAEDEKER’S UNITED STATES
IN A CONTINUING EFFORT to assess how others around the world perceive us, these tidbits are gleaned from a definitive guidebook, Baedeker’s United States. Various Baedeker’s United States have been … Continue reading
BATTERY RECYCLING—MORE THAN AN ENVIRONMENTAL NICETY
AS CITED IN SAE INTERNATIONAL’S Automotive Engineering, October 2022, “Recycling battery materials is vital to the electric-vehicle future, but the way forward faces a host of hurdles.” Jim Motavalli describes … Continue reading
A GUIDE TO XENOPHOBE’S GUIDES
THESE GUIDES SAY, SATIRICALLY from the start, that xenophobia is “an irrational fear of foreigners, probably justified, always understandable.” Then, removing tongue from cheek, they’re described as “an irreverent look … Continue reading
FERRARI 2+2—A GRAND IDEA SIXTY YEARS AGO
I WINCE ONLY A LITTLE WHEN Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna calls the Purosangue a “sports car.” This latest Ferrari has four doors, one for each seat, a rear hatch, all-wheel … Continue reading
DISSING (MERELY FOR CONTRAST) PART 2
COLIN M. JARMAN WAS KNOWN as the King of Quotes, and he certainly earned this in Barbed Quotes: Mudslinging, Backstabbing, and Celebrity Dirt Dishing. Here we continue sharing quotes from … Continue reading
DISSING (MERELY FOR CONTRAST) PART 1
I WOULDN’T WANT this website’s occasional niceties to get in the way of reality. Thus, here I offer a book review replete with tidbits of its dissing. What with one … Continue reading
WHAT’S MY “BEST-BY” DATE? PART 2
IN PART 1 YESTERDAY WE DISCUSSED the food terms “Best-By,” “Sell-By,” and “Use-By.” Today’s Part 2 continues with the crucial aspect of food waste, a specific matter of eggs, and … Continue reading
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