OLD PEOPLE ARE SNEAKY
Old people are sneaky. In a scene straight out of a spy movie, an elderly couple reportedly escaped from an assisted living facility using some …
A CHAIR BUILT FOR TORPEDO ATTACK
A Chair built for Torpedo Attack is a U.S. Navy legend. Fire kills warships. In the early days of World War II, the USS Vincennes was …
THE SELL-OUTS WHO SAVED A TOWN
The sell-outs who saved a town is an encouraging story of how a small faction on each side of a venomous battle between environmentalists and …
AN ALIEN PLANET INSIDE THE EARTH
An alien planet inside the Earth sounds like the stuff of science fiction comics. An alien culture living within us. Maybe the stuff of nightmares …
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME PART 2
Daylight saving time part 2, continues the blog from last week, as promised. Since daylight saving time creates the illusion of the sun rising …
CORN STARCH PACKAGING
A delivery of dog food to our house last week had a notice on the outside which said, “Corn Starch Packaging”. I don’t normally read …
THE HIDDEN SCIENCE OF ELEVATORS
The hidden science of elevators is something you never think about, unless you’re an elevator engineer. The exception is when you walk to the elevator, …
THE LOWLY GARDEN SHED
The lowly garden shed refers to that wooden structure that adorns most back gardens. It has been a fixture in most homes for generations. Even …
PHALLIC SWEETS IN EGYPT
Phallic sweets in Egypt might seem like a story of the latest tomb excavation in the Valley of the Kings. However, this story involves the …
CLAMS TO THE RESCUE
Clams to the Rescue is a story of simpler ways often being better and more efficient. We have been indoctrinated to believe that newer is …