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VW have brought out a new car in Europe. They might bring it out in the USA as well. It’s a small car, and I like small cars, but as good as this one is supposed to be it has one, lets be kind and call it remarkable, feature – it’s called the Up!...Available At Last: The Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II
One is constantly aware that the readers of this blog are a very discerning group of people. So much so, that many of you have probably already received a bottle of Dom Perignon and a bouquet of flowers with a discrete linen envelope inviting you to your...Five Minutes of Your Life Back
Ok, I’ll fess up. I don’t have a blog post for today, but , like all good 21st century movie stars caught in embarrassing situations, I have an excuse. Not that I’m a movie star, you understand, or even a fully paid up member of the 21st century really, but an excuse...Major Michael Adams and the X-15
Even by modern day standards, the X-15 was a remarkably safe aircraft given the goals it was designed to achieve. Be it skill, experience, or just plain luck, the engineer’s design stood up to everything thrown at it right up until Michael Adams launched on flight...That Dang Third Wheel
Do you get out enough? Do you see everything that’s happening in your neighborhood? I know I don’t. I mean, I thought I did. I talk to neighbors and friends, I walk the aisles of superstores and farmers markets and I drive all over the place. So, why...Nigel Blackwell
Nigel Blackwell was born in rural Oxfordshire in England. He has a love of books, a PhD in Physical Chemistry, and a black belt in pointing out the obvious. As a teenager he toured Europe, and hasn't stopped traveling since. He loves seeing the wonders of the world and meeting the people in it, and hasn't been anywhere that doesn't have the potential for a story. He now lives in Texas with his wife and daughter, where they enjoy the sunshine and listen to the coyotes howl at night.