With the recent celebration of Halloween, I got inspired to write about the “tricks” of this holiday and how a haunted engineering mind sees the imaginary world. THE HAUNTED MIND Every year at Halloween, my next door neighbor fills his yard with a “Hollywood-esk” display of horrors that looks like the remnants of WWII. It … Read more
The Evolution of the Wish Starts with a White Horse As a youth growing up towards the end of the great depression and during WW II, it was a treat to be able to go out for a ride in a car. After my father was hospitalized, we did not have a car, so an … Read more
Classic Clarification In a previous blog post, I extolled on how it takes a team of specialists to do a true restoration of a classic car. By the way, do not call a 57 Chevy a “classic” car. It is an old and great car with a large following. “A “classic” car is a “fine” … Read more
I have been asked to write about the acquisition and restoration of my 1940 Lincoln Zephyr Continental Cabriolet. Let’s just call it The Continental for short. Chapter One – The Night Owls It all started when the kid across the street was in high school. He had some buddies that hung out with him and … Read more
No, I am not practicing to become a televangelist. I am still the same nuts, bolts and rusted sheet metal guy that has been putting his thoughts on this web site for some time now. So if I am not trying to be the next Joel Osteen, what on earth am I chatting about? Everything … Read more
You may have read on my website that told how I have won trophies for the restoration of my 1940 Lincoln Zephyr Continental Cabriolet. So that makes me some kind of genius restorer right up there with Jay Leno, doesn’t it? Since you have seen fit to follow me on my website, I will let … Read more
Spring has sprung that grass has riz where last year’s careless driver is. – Burma Shave That is my old age test for you. If you remember Burma Shave signs then you are officially declared to be old. For you millennial whippersnappers Burma Shave was a shaving cream that you lathered on your face to … Read more
April is the welcome return of warm weather after the cold winter. Not sure how it started but April first became known as “April Fool’s Day.” A day when you try to fool others with foolish pranks. One the earliest I remember was to call my mother to come look at the robins on the … Read more
Happy birthday – to me, that is. The Old Foggie You see I was born on a long-ago day in March of 1933 – the day after St Patrick’s Day. I guess my Scotch/English mother held off so I wouldn’t be connected with the Irish. So that makes me about as old as dirt. What … Read more
I just couldn’t resist publishing on Valentine’s Day, in honor of all of us who treasure romance in our lives, including me. For those of you who don’t know this yet, the “stars” of my books are always cars. Then there’s my alter-ego “Charlie” who gets IN the car and gets himself into trouble . … Read more