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Automotive tales of my youth
I wrote the following paper in 2002 about my unique history with automobiles for a literary club called the Tuesday Night Club. The paper deeply resonated with members of the all-male club. After all, what guy doesn’t have car stories? …
Kubota B2100 tractor healthy and running again
Last Sunday, I bolted down the seat on my Kubota B2100 tractor, thus completing a difficult and lengthy replacement of a ruptured metal hydraulic line. [caption id="attachment_2081" align="alignleft"
Pontiac Officially Dies on Halloween – RIP
A friend sent me this Pontiac eulogy on e-mail (456 stories on Google News this morning)....thought it was worth running here for Dodge Retort fans. I added the
Onion Dings Boeing for latest 787 Delay
A story a few days ago about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in The Economist pointed out:
"When The Onion starts making fun of your company's problems, you're in trouble. It
The `67 Camaro Comes Home
A week ago, I did something uncharacteristically impulsive...or stupid: I bought a 1967 Camaro Sports Coupe at the 33rd annual Owls Head Transportation Museum auction in Maine.
Turning in my FAST LANE transponders
You'd think FAST LANE makes life easier getting you through tolls faster. But if you're account does not stay current which can occur quite innocently, FAST LANE makes
Mass. FAST LANE Tom Foolery
The bureaucracy and rules behind the Massachusetts FAST LANE could well be termed the HACK LANE. That's because it punishes good customers (me!) and then makes them jump
Many Questions Surround Toyota Driver Error Findings
After closely following Toyota's unintended acceleration problems for SmartPlanet.com in late 2009 and for the first three months of 2010, the joint government-Toyota tests saying drivers were
Why I still REALLY like President Obama
I keep hearing President Obama's popularity ratings are plummeting. My question is why? On a macro scale, he's done just about everything he promised to in the 2007-08 campaign:




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