Time.com takes flatulence over Henry Ford’s T Time magazine has come out with a list of ?50 Worst Cars of All Time.? We expected to see the Pinto, Edsel and Corvair, but never the Model T. But Los Angeles Times car critic (basher) Dan Neil included the Model T on his list. He wrote: ‘A […]
I received a ‘Tick Warning? article last week and it reminded me of the tick attacks we trout fishermen suffered last May. (I actually intended to tell you about it at the time, but waited until I was sure it’d get the most readership. You know, like after summer and before Christmas.) Every day in […]
For several months now my palate has been calling for the taste of tongue. No, I’m not referring to one of those television scenes of spit swapping. I’m talking beef tongue; that savory, tender, protein filled, delicious food from cows. I’ve asked for it at groceries large and small, meat specializing shops, and delis in […]
I pulled a few quotes from an August 7, 2007 newspaper someone handed me recently, but I’ve left the town name blank. Try to guess the town: ‘Violent death toll soars on _ _ _ _ _ _ streets? ‘Spate of stabbings, assaults alarms citizens, police? Did you guess Winnipeg, Manitoba? The newspaper is the […]
When I came home from golfing at Oxford Hills Golf and Liars Club last Thursday night, ma’dog Shayna was limping. ‘Her right foot seemed to be giving her trouble. But, heck, dogs are tough. We never gave a limping dog any concern when I was a lad on a farm in Shiawassee County. ‘Give ’em […]
So this basketball referee for the pro teams admitted trying to influence the outcome. I’ve always thought that was universally accepted. I know when my team is at bat or got the ball the ref or ump make calls that lead me to believe they have a very important dinner date, wanna get to the […]
Naturally, when mentioning changes of taste, we first think of foods. But, of course, we change clothes styles, figures of speech, even politics as we age. Well, some do. These thoughts started as I watched my first tomato fulfill its redness daily for a week. Going too slowly from a faint hue, to yellow, to […]
I was quite new on the Board of Directors of Oxford Savings Bank when Randy Fox’s name was first heard in a Board meeting. The then president and CEO, Bob Dick, was looking to retire. He told the Board, ‘A nice young man, who lives in Lake Orion, came in and I think we should […]
(Longtime friend Dick Milliman writes a weekly column, ‘Almanac,? from his Lansing office. I particularly liked this one. — JAS) * * * The answer to most of the world’s ills could be too simple for politicians and diplomats to grasp. Maybe it’s soccer. Soccer brought peace and harmony for a day or so in […]
Nearly all the major daily newspapers have gone to a smaller sheet size for their product. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, to name two, and the largest group of dailies in Michigan are printing on smaller pages to lower newsprint costs. So too have a great many weekly newspapers, including the four published […]