After Sputnik, 65-years ago, American schools tried teaching the metric system for all kinds of measurement, including temperature.

Nude beaches need something none of them have -- an editor.

This announcement and the traditional song spur me to ask what company will now create a female equivalent of peanuts.

When it happened, it struck me that Ford didn’t really kill Mercury.  It killed Lincoln and called the Mercs Lincolns instead.

Can’t argue with any of these. When Chevettes were available new, I used to drive between New York and Florida frequently. Anytime there was a backup on I-95, it was always headed up by a Chevette.

I think never talk to the feds without a lawyer is a little broad. It is, however, important to know that lying to the FBI is a felony, whether you’re under investigation, whether you’re under oath, whether you’re charged, whether anything. However, if you are under investigation, or if you’re charged with a federal…

The Nissan dealer I bought my truck from 10 years ago has a cute trick I had never encountered before. If you buy parts from them through their service department while having your car repaired there, the parts cost more than if you buy them by walking up to the parts counter. The surcharge for moving from one room to…

I don’t know if there are any now, but it is possible in NY State under certain restrictions to assess houseboats as residential property and therefore subject to local property taxes.  40 or so years ago Nassau County NY was doing so on a few such properties.  If you’re using local government services, it seems…

Airport Employee over the PA: We need some passenger assistance, please. We have a man here who appears to be suffering from amnesia. He’s asking us who he is.

I wonder how the recent surge in gas prices is affecting those two infamous stations near S. Semoran Blvd by the airport in Orlando FL.

I once ordered a blueberry muffin in a diner and got exactly that, one muffin with one blueberry.  I noted it as an example of truth in advertising and ate it with butter, but without complaint.

You want to eat the broccoli BEFORE the florets turn yellow. Don’t plant cukes unless you have friends, a lot of friends. I have found red and green peppers easy enough to grow. Peas need support and die the first day the temperature hits 90, but otherwise are easy, and good to eat. 

If nobody can prove that God does exist, or that god doesn’t exist, doesn’t that make atheism a faith-based belief too?

Be careful what you wish for.  Humanity  might be working on blowing this one up right now.

I was going to suggest they forgot to charge for Scotchgarde, but I see the Xzilon application includes something similar, so never mind.

Where I live, installing the dealership vanity-plate surround doesn’t cost extra.  Leaving it off (or removing it) is what they charge extra for.

You know that used-car prices are out of hand. This just emphasizes that.

This is what puzzles me about data collection. Google, on my phone, but not on my laptop, keeps telling me they are legally required to acquire my date of birth. First, if they do legally need it, how come they only ask on my phone, and how come they keep allowing me to use Google on my phone, although I haven’t…

I borrowed a Volare company car for a business trip.  When I bought it back, I remarked that while a free car was pretty great, if that car was assigned to me permanently, I’d never put any oil in it.

Why then, are there so many car ads on TV?