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

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Motorcycles on record albums, Living Marimbas

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  Cheesy easy-listening Latin versions of popular hits.. But it's a BMW!
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 ...

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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Friday, December 19, 2025

BSA Starfire

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   Always thought these were a well proportioned motorcycle, the styling works better on this single than it does on the bigger 650. They do...
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Thursday, December 18, 2025

J T Slocombe Micrometer

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  John Tibbits Slocombe was born in New Brunswick but moved to Maine as an infant. At 16 he started at Bangor Foundry & Machine Co. as a...
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Buick Regal Sport

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 Who writes headlines like that?
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