“#&*%@!!” HE SAID
A FEATURE IN The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2016, is titled “Vol. 29, No. 7: Vulgarities.” It updates this newspaper’s treatment of words and phrases that once weren’t uttered … Continue reading
CIRCUIT OF BRITAIN AIR RACE—1911
THE WORDS Brooklands and Brighton resonate today with historic motorsports: the wonderful Brooklands Museum and the annual London-to-Brighton Run for veteran cars. Back in 1911, these two locales were only … Continue reading
FOODATARIANS—PURE AND NOT SO SIMPLE
I AM A vegetarian, except for sausage. Wife Dottie considers herself a pescetarian, avoiding land-based meat but accepting protein from the sea. For a while there, Daughter Suz would eat … Continue reading
AERIAL WHO’S WHO—1913
SOME AVIATION PIONEERS are well known, such as the Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss and Louis Blériot, for example. Others may be well known, but not in the context of early … Continue reading
APT, LG, SEC, BEAUT RIV VU, NR TRANS + SHPNG
HOUSE HUNTERS in Bronze Age Britain had some interesting options. As reported in Science, the weekly magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, archaeologists have discovered residences … Continue reading
THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF
YOU’RE A KID in Cleveland reading this: “Imagine an MG-powered machine which weighs exactly one-half that of a stock TD and you have a thumbnail sketch of the Lotus.” Heady … Continue reading
STAND TALL/STAAN HOOG/STĀVĒT GARŠ
THE TALL GUY—or gal—gets the goods. Researcher Majid Ezzati at Imperial College London notes, “Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings.” Examining this worldwide, he … Continue reading
ELECTING A PRESIDENT—1840 STYLE
IMAGINE: SOMEONE who actively campaigned to be president of the United States! And an old guy at that—William Henry Harrison was 67. Martin Van Buren, his incumbent opposition, had been … Continue reading
AS RARE AS… EARTH?
A PRESS RELEASE dated July 12, 2016, caught my eye: “Daido Steel and Honda Adopt World’s First Hybrid Vehicle Motor Magnet Free of Heavy Rare Earth Elements.” I’d agree, avoiding … Continue reading
UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF FINES
THE FEDERAL CIVIL Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 doesn’t just sound redundant, it’s causing havoc among automakers. As with many laws, there’s rationality and a spirit of … Continue reading
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