February 2008 Archives
Right lads, fire up the quattro, Lincoln could do with a bit of a shake up
The strongest earthquake in 25 years! Global warming, global warming, get under the bed, get under the bed.
Once there was a clearly understood name for people who drove around with inflatable dolls in the passenger seat. And specialist magazines for them.
QUANTUM mechanics and Sir Issac Newton are not subjects that occupy a lot of my time but without one of the geniuses of the science there would be no Ford Galaxy, No Renault Espace and probably no you and me.
In 1957 at Princeton University, Hugh Everett III proposed a radical new way of dealing with some of the more perplexing aspects of atomic theory.
The scientific establishment listened intently. Then laughed.
Funny how life in my parallel universe works. No sooner do I have a rant about some annoying roadside boondoggle than it crops up in the real world.
A new green crushing initiative beats cars to a pulp with old trees
This is the time of year to get ready for last year’s figures. And here come some new ones.
In 2007 the Ministry of Love crushed and bailed almost 50,000 tax-dodging vehicles to ease the world shortage of steel.
It's the next big thing
Many councils in Britain are now blowing all their road safety grants on speed cameras. Surely
not.
Australia is to apologise to the Aborigines.
Of course in the UK there is nothing new about good old breast-beating atonement, self rapprochement for the failure of the potato crop on Craggy Island. But in Oz?
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