Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Black and Decker Workmate

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   Growing up, these things always seemed to be the mark of the amateur woodworker or hobbyist, not a serious tool. And they were not cheap....
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AJS 7R Chaincase

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Pure sculpture...  
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Horsecar meets the future

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  Queen St West at Gladstone, view west in 1893. A horsecar full of passengers passes the new electric streetcar track construction. It'...

Motorcycles on record albums, Living Marimbas

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  Cheesy easy-listening Latin versions of popular hits.. But it's a BMW!
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Monday, December 22, 2025

One of my vices is vises, Dunlap 5244

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    Craftsman was the premier line of tools from Sears, Dunlap was one of the names they used for home or hobbyist-quality tools,  much like...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Odhner Model 30 Mechanical calculator

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  Willgodt Odhner, based in St. Petersburg, made his first mechanical calculator prototype in 1875. It utilizes a pinwheel mechanism, not un...
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Sidecar Sunday

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Car accident on Bloor St., Toronto

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 On March 4th 1918, this car slipped on an icy patch, (note the rear tire chains) and clipped the front fender of a streetcar, which caused ...
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AMC 250

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  1959 AJS/Matchless engine with separate transmission, though the right case covered both, making it look like a unit engine.   Artwork by ...

Cyclecar Sabella

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British paper merchant Fritz Sabel was the producer of this JAP V twin powered cyclecar. Only a few were produced between 1906 and 1914.
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