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Clanging Bell: The Nature of Junk Mail: Trends Over 15 to 20 Years
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Thursday, April 2, 2015. The Nature of Junk Mail: Trends Over 15 to 20 Years. Spare bedroom renovation continues: The new closet is now primed. This mountain of trash had to go, but where and how? Although not happy about the daily “delete” ritual, at least the only thing wasted is my time: not paper. And, I don't ...Vince Gill wi...
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Clanging Bell: June 2014
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Friday, June 27, 2014. A Little White-Water Rafting: I'm Way Too Old for This Crap. Just heading into the more serious rapids. Just paddle, damn it! I'm putting my previous rafting experiences into some sort of time frame because I was significantly younger for them. I didn't insert age into my recent decision-making process&#...
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Clanging Bell: January 2015
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Tuesday, January 27, 2015. No Pretender to the Brand: Jeep Renegade Is a Full-Fledged Off-Road Ninja. But, Jeep didn't do that. Nope; the Renegade is a remarkably capable compact SUV with all the Jeep off-road engineering and technology that could be crammed into it. I know this because Jeep didn't pull any punches with it...Jeep ...
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Clanging Bell: July 2014
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Saturday, July 26, 2014. The Florida Keys: An Exercise In Doing Nothing. Sunset party at Islamorada's Lorelei. Just a little something of a ride: My E63 AMG wagon. Some of our little band of slackers mugging it up for the camera. Take us to the Lorelei, Jeeves. All things considered, it was an ideal first day unwinding and working...
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Clanging Bell: March 2015
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Sixteen Days in Florida and I'm Still White as a Ghost. The cool thing is that I work without a net! I made the first trip in a Volkswagen Golf GTI and the second in a Ford Expedition. Needless to say, fuel was a much smaller expense on my first trip than my second. What a back breaker! Both drives to Flori...
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Clanging Bell: Dazzling the One Percenters: All-New Fiat 500X Goes to Beverly Hills
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Monday, May 4, 2015. Dazzling the One Percenters: All-New Fiat 500X Goes to Beverly Hills. Dinner that evening was at the Smog Shoppe. This is a wedding venue. No one tied the knot, but the catered dinner was good. If memory serves, I think there were some drinks, too. Beneath the skin, the 500X shares mechanicals with the recentl...
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Clanging Bell: December 2014
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Hobbling Through the Holidays! I'm not the kind of guy who heads to the doctor at the drop of a hat. In fact, if I'm in good enough shape to get around under my own steam, things aren't bad enough to require an encounter with a medical professional. That's my policy and has been for decades. The best ...
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Clanging Bell: Interseller: A Trip to Nowhere
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Interseller: A Trip to Nowhere. I'm not the kind of guy who hates a movie simply because it's overly long. I like, for example, “Gone with the Wind” and “Godfather II.”. Here's the storyline: Earth is dying. NASA had been officially abolished (Art imitating life? NASA continued on in secret. Scientist...
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Clanging Bell: Sixteen Days in Florida and I'm Still White as a Ghost
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Sixteen Days in Florida and I'm Still White as a Ghost. The cool thing is that I work without a net! I made the first trip in a Volkswagen Golf GTI and the second in a Ford Expedition. Needless to say, fuel was a much smaller expense on my first trip than my second. What a back breaker! Both drives to Flori...
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Clanging Bell: August 2014
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A collection of automotive stuff, restaurant/travel-related items and personal observations; mostly a lot of claptrap, really. Getting ready to celebrate sunset at the Lorelei. Saturday, August 30, 2014. Flying: It's Just Another Day. This was one of those 36-hour door-to-door trips where we flew in on day one and flew home on day two. It was Volkswagen's 2015 full-line drive event featuring all of its models for next year. I didn't even bother packing a razor. Hong Kong circa 1999. In Lisbon circa 2000.