Category Archives: cars

Big Cars Times Square

October 6, 2012 – 12:29 pm

Back in 1975 the population of the USA was approximately 220 million. Our cars were big and the price of gas was 60 cents a gallon. Manhattan was slightly depopulated from White Flight, so driving through Times Square was fun in a big Detroit car. We also drove big cars, because they were made to [...]

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No More Cars

August 3, 2012 – 12:13 am

Gas prices in Thailand are running about 38 baht or $1.25 a liter. These prices are as expensive as the USA and sucking money out of people’s wallets faster than the cars can drive on the Asia Highway. There is no shortage of gas, but prices have been pushed up by oil speculators to reap [...]

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Back In The USSR

August 2, 2012 – 11:41 pm

Back in the glory years of Soviet Russia express lanes were reserved on Moscow’s major roads for top officials and leaders of the Communist Party in the ZIL limousines. Those privileges came to a sudden end with the collapse of the USSR, but the London Olympics instituted the special lanes throughout the city for the [...]

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Hamptons Traffic Festival

July 26, 2012 – 9:52 am

The distance from Manhattan to the Hamptons is roughly 100 miles. Most weekenders own Mercedes, BMWs, Landrovers, and other luxury capable of speeds in excess of 120 mph, but the trip can take anywhere from 2.5 to 4 hours. While Suffolk County and local police enforce speed limits on the LIE and Sunrise Highway with [...]

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90% of Possession

July 16, 2012 – 2:49 am

When I lost my Davy Crockett cap in the late 50s, my Irish Nana told me in a stern voice, “If you lose something, then it wasn’t yours to begin with.” Over my lifetime I’ve lost money, cameras, glasses, wallets, keys, apartment, girlfriends, cars, houses, clothing, friends, family et al. Possession is not permanent. Tempus [...]

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