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In the Summer of 1977 I got to meet Curt Nepper in his shop near downtown Cincinnati. I've still got the AF ashtray he gave me. http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/a/ahrens_fox/ahrens_fox.htm

It could mean everything. It could mean nothing. It's still good to know history. The United Center, in the 1800 block of West Madison Street, is the home of the Chicago Blackhawks and Bulls. It was built in the early 1990's on a large swath of land that had been deserted for a quarter of a...

British billionaire Mike Lynch- known as the Bill Gates of the UK- is missing with five others after his yacht capsized in a storm off the coast of Sicily Monday. He started his first tech company with a $4000 loan from a promoter of the rock band Genesis, who he met in a pub. This company was a...

According to the Regulation for the Uniformed Force: Telegraph box preliminary signal 8 is used increase, decrease, or shut down pressure on the High Pressure Water System When used with box preliminary signal 8: A telegraph box terminal signal would indicate the number of pounds desired in...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13758949/kamala-harris-primanti-bros-pennsylvania.html I'll bet she doesn't know who Roberto Clemente, or George Westinghouse for that matter, is.

Since they closed the steel mills, The Holiday Bar, Forbes Field, and the Iron City Brewery, I'm not sure why anyone would need to go to Pittsburgh If someone insists: after lunch at Primanti's on 18th Street, drive through 28th and Liberty Avenue where George Westinghouse invented the airbrake...

And wasn't the first winner of the Tuttlemondo Medal Pete Ganci?

The Atlanta Fire Department is listed as an ISO Class 1 organization. Among The ISO standards is a requirement of specified manpower, pumping appliances, and ladder equipment to respond within a specified average time period. Luckily, there is no requirement that the specified equipment has to...

Prior to the lawsuit settlement and payout, Houston paid new hires a $5K signing bonus. That has now been stopped.

Didn't Mayor Wagner appoint Ed Cavanagh Fire Commissioner in 1954 and subsequently marry Ed's sister? And who got naming rights for the Fireboat Wagner?

South Korea has a population of 52 million citizens in a very small area, Seoul has a higher population density than Tokyo or NYC. A large portion of the populace live in high-rise apartments with underground parking. Last week, in the city of Incheon, a Mercedes-Benz EQE EV (not on a charger)...

Gonna be a big crowd at the retirement racket? Does she know about it?

The night I was in Chumley's it was wall-to-wall uniforms. I think half the San Francisco FD was there. No wonder they had no money to fix the chimney and pay off the neighbors. https://www.stlmag.com/dining/Ask-George-Where-Does-the-Term-86d-Come-From/ And what happened to the portrait of...

Tropical storm rules of thumb: - Estimated rainfall in inches......100 divided by storm forward speed in miles per hour. - For every day the Port of Houston Ship Channel is closed ( 3 days with Hurricane Beryl, 1 day with CloudStrike), the price of gasoline goes up a penny in the United States.

I was "shown" the door at Chumley's by some guys from Jersey City during a pub crawl in November 2001. You'll be pleased to know that there's a Houston District Chief (who I think is actually working today) who claims he drank for free there by helping the bartenders install an air conditioner.

Is this where the term 86'ed came from?

So that explains why the electroclash Dimes Square is the Brat?

135 West 50th Street...built in 1963 replacing the old Roxy Theater...23 stories, aluminum and glass facade....last sold in 2006 for $332 million...occupied by Sports Illustrated, NY telephone/Verizon, Zales...sold at auction last week for $8.5 million.. Looks like property taxes are going to...

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/08/04/early-morning-fire-leaves-2-possibly-trapped-in-apartment/ Half way between 68's and 51's.......82 and 48 not far behind

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/backpay-settlement-checks-firefighters-union-houston-city-council/285-ddd6f676-ef2c-4e98-9b5d-276eb57eed42