Fun fact: back in the ‘60s John Lennon of Beatles fame had a slot car setup. Slot cars were a thing back then.

I grew up in the ‘50s on old school, iron monger kid paralyzing monkey bars like this. They were often over coarse gravel, so when you fell you not only broke your arm, you also received lacerations over 20% of your body. It was positively Darwinian; you could see evolution in action as weak skinny kids fell to their…

Pfft... this is as nothing. In the ‘50s and ‘60s Ramblers had a front bench seat that reclined all the way back, joining with the back seat to make a near-full sized bed. I learned to drive in one. I also went on some dates in it, occasioning the comment “Oh, you have one of those cars... “

“It’s hard to imagine what the world would be like without the acting prowess of Adam Sandler.”

Cowen E7 Bluetooth headphones. I was there for that glorious day with Shep found stacked discounts that brought them to my door for $11. I was one of the lucky few who actually got them before they pulled it. Thanks, Shep... !

Cowen E7 Bluetooth headphones. I was there for that glorious day with Shep found stacked discounts that brought them…

Back in the days when smoking was allowed on airliners I’d always request a seat well forward in the No Smoking section. On one long flight I kept smelling cigarette smoke, but figured it was just wafting up from the smoking section in back. After a while a stewardess flight attendant came by and asked me if the smoke…

I was on a flight from Chicago to Brussels. About an hour in the pilot came on the PA and said “Uhhh... this is ‘yur Cap’tin speakin’...” and I thought Oh no, he’s using his Chuck Yeager voice; when things go bad all American pilots channel Chuck Yeager. It developed that one of the three redundant hydraulic systems…

Flying on a 20 seat commuter airplane from Baltimore to Philly, as an avid private pilot I sat in the frontmost passenger seat so I could watch the pilots. About halfway there I saw the pilot look up, and obviously see something I couldn’t see from my angle. He pushed the control yoke violently forward, causing the…

The volume control on my A/V receiver is digital, a number between 0 and -60dB. I only set it to even numbers; there’s just something very wrong with it set to -27.

“...drop off used bottles for recycling...”

I’ll bet you get great mileage.

The board game Monopoly began as a teaching tool to show the evils of property monopolies, and the virtues of a “single tax” system under which people profit only from their own labor; wealth created by land was to be shared by all.

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Fun fact: the US and others built similar small carriers in WWII. Called Escort Carriers, or sometimes Jeep Carriers, they were much smaller and slower than large fleet carriers, but using commercial hulls could be built quickly and cheaply. They were intended to escort merchant convoys, protecting them from attackers.…

This has been going on forever in Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, published from 1950 - 1997..

I have been inside the bomb bay of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima. How is a long story, short version: I know a guy. If there’s a truly haunted place anywhere in the world, it’s there.

I lived in the DC area, and was a Senators fan during their catastrophic 1961-1971 last stand. Their only winning season was 1969, the year Tricky Dick threw out the first ball from the stands; they come in 4th in the AL East. Most other seasons were unmitigated disasters, on average losing 90 games. It was said:…

FYI, one classic Cinnabon is 880 calories; three is a full day’s calorie allotment for most people. Just sayin’...

Back in the ‘70s we knew a couple who couldn’t have kids, and had adopted an adorable 5 year old girl. Then, the mom became pregnant and gave birth to quints (!); she had been on fertility meds. Sadly, one baby didn’t make it but the other four were healthy. When they told the 5 year old about her new brothers and…