Continuing my rant on important things carelessly trashed by idiots…   A favorite joke in the old car hobby is “My widow will ...

This posting is the start of our fourth year of blogging on the gear industry. When the idea was first presented to me I did not have a firm idea o...

Most of the world has a big holiday or festival around this time of year. After today many companies will be down to skeleton crews until January. ...

  As mentioned previously in this space, I get many e-mails and phone calls from people with gear “problems.” Or should I say “Gear Opportu...

      I enjoy watching car auctions on cable television. Some of my enjoyment comes from the commen...

    Every once in a while you need a reminder of why you enjoy your work. This week I got to witness final testing of a...

    This curmudgeon recently got a good lesson on how the Internet has changed the world. My adult children have been trying to get...

My last blog discussed the age-old question of specialization vs. adaptability. You do not need a long memory to understand just how powerful speci...

Darwin posited that life on earth evolved to make the most of its environment. Too much competition for low hanging leaves, he concluded, prompted ...

I was going to reflect on how November 22, 1963 changed so many things, but decided it wasn’t an anniversary ending in a five or a zero and I would...