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Odds 'n Sods:
John T. mentioned that political maverick H.
Ross Perot has launched a new web site. It is a convenient all-in-one place
to access charts showing our national economic predicament.
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Reader "PJ" said that he found an interesting Wikipedia page on refrigeration
not requiring Freon: The
Einstein Refrigerator.
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Rudy R. notes that the
government of Mexico has decided to freeze prices on 150 foods until December
31st. “Companies agreed to hold prices steady
for cooking oil, tortillas, flour, tomato sauce, canned soups and tuna, beans,
chili sauces and other staples of the Mexican table.” The
history of price
freezes is that they spawn shortages and economic chaos. Count on it in Mexico,
especially if the price freeze period is extended beyond the end of 2008.
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Robert V. recommended this piece over at Wired: Gallery:
10 Best Apocalyptic Vehicles . OBTW, the Wired writer correctly
identified Max's car from The Road Warrior as a
highly-modified Australian Ford Falcon (XB GT). The car is often misidentified
as a modified AMC
Javelin because of its distinctive pug-ugly AMC door handles. (There were
apparently
some body parts from other cars used in the body work.
It was a bit of a Franken-car.)
Jim's Quote of the Day:
"There are two kinds of discontent in this world: the discontent that works,
and the discontent that wrings it's hands. The first gets what it wants, and
the second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first but success; and
there's no cure at all for the second." - Gordon Graham (as quoted in Elbert
Hubbard's "Scrap Book", 1923)
