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The Queen’s Speech

Posted on October 11, 2019 by arfieandralph

On August 28th, Boris Johnson went to Queen Elizabeth and requested she prorogue the parliament until October. The government, he said, needed extra time to prepare its ‘exciting new program’ for the speech she gives to open Parliament each year. … Continue reading →

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Americans Are Idiots #23

Posted on October 8, 2019 by arfieandralph

9/27/2019 BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, Ohio — By WLW Digital Staff Aircare was dispatched to East Fork State Park in Clermont County for a woman injured on a bike path on Friday night. Emergency responders were called to the scene just after … Continue reading →

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Chuck Barry’s Red Leather Shoes

Posted on July 9, 2019 by arfieandralph

“Par-ma?!” – Leonard Ghoulardi Question 1 – Why a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Question 2 – why Cleveland? Question 3 – Does anyone care? Well we thought we did. Last April, we trekked up to Chicago for that … Continue reading →

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Segways: “they could do things that would make us shit in our pants.”

Posted on July 4, 2019 by arfieandralph

    Jeff Bezos said that in 2001 when he saw a Segway demonstrated to him and Steve Jobs.  We now know that Bezos understands a whole lot more about retailing than he does about transportation. Dean Kamen said he … Continue reading →

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El Agave Revisited

Posted on June 28, 2019 by arfieandralph

We are not huge fans of tequila.  If you grew up in the Midwest and South, tequila was this sour tasting concoction with a worm in the bottom of the bottle.  Not that we ever saw a worm in a … Continue reading →

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Hunting The Wiley G70

Posted on April 29, 2019 by arfieandralph

It was time to buy a new car. The old one was showing its miles; I was finishing up a contract that would put some money in my pockets. As Winter was ready to turn things over to Spring, I … Continue reading →

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