Archive for the ‘Transportation’ Category
Vikings!
Posted in Comic Relief, Transportation, tagged Mini Viking, tv commercial on July 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Drunk Driving PSA by Denis Leary
Posted in health, Transportation, Videos, tagged Denis Leary, drunk driving, PSA, public service announcement on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spontaneous Combustion
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Transportation, tagged car fire, Ferrari, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, italy, new car, russia, spontaneous combustion on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Little Dreamworld Called Detroit”
Posted in how we live, Transportation, tagged automobiles, detroit, John D. MacDonald on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I waited, sitting in the full huff of the air conditioner, gulping down the tea, I thought of the little dreamworld called Detroit, fifteen years behind the rest of America as usual. Janine had nailed it. People hate their cars. Daddy doesn’t come proudly home with the new one any more, and the family [...]
Why I Ship UPS (#857)
Posted in Transportation, Videos, tagged FedEx, Lubbock Texas, plane crash, Tokyo on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Federal Express MD-11 Cargo Jet Crashing in Tokyo, Japan. A FedEx cargo plane burst into flames after bouncing off a runway in unusually high winds at Tokyo’s main international airport Monday, killing the pilot and copilot and closing a major runway for several hours. The flight from Guangzhou, China, skipped along the main runway [...]
Airplane.
Posted in how we live, Transportation on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading some of the stuff about the plane that landed yesterday on the Hudson River and I was curious about reports that the plane had floated down the river from 42nd Street to Houston Street, a distance of approximately three miles. I Google mapped the three locations, using the “satellite” view — LaGuardia [...]
New York Yacht Club
Posted in Historical Information, photographs, Transportation, tagged america's cup, new york, new york yacht club, Photographs, sailing, yachts on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Take A Ride In Ibadan, Nigeria.
Posted in childhood memories, Transportation, Videos, tagged africa, ibadan, nigeria, urban traffic on January 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
And then get out for a bit and hang around somewhat aimlessly. I’m surprised at the litter. I guess even they finally reached a saturation point of crap that is made and marketed specifically to end up in the trash. Some of the outfits are great. I wish I could see the food better. It [...]
