> I always liked the Bickerson's.
> I adopted a stray cat years ago that a neighbour found wandering about.
> I already had one not in the market for another.  But I agreed to keep
> her until her slave could be found.  (Never did and she became very close to
> me).
> I didn't give her a name because you know what happens when you name an
> animal.
> She liked to wake me in the middle of the night for some attention.
> One night half awake I said, like John, "Blanche, let me sleep" and
>there was her name!  Blanche Bickerson DuBois.  The DuBois was from a Streetca
> named Desire were Blanche had "depended on the kindness of strangers".

Cool background to her name! Better story than most.

>> It's funny to hear some of those old cigarette ads
> What gets me are how all products claim they are better than the other
> similar products for sale.

Yup, I laugh at the beer ads, as I've figured out that once you've chemically  aged the beer, they all taste the same, in a category (lager, ale)

I rarely drink beer any more -- the occasional oatmeal stout in winter & a  Chinese beer or two each summer does it for me. . . Now I just need to find a  local; bar that sells Porter,. as I've not had that yet.

> I'm watching videos on automobiles, in order by year, make and model,
> etc.
> Each year the companies claimed their current model was better than the
> last year.  "This year's car is a lot better than last year, which was
> junk".
> (Currently I am  near the end of 1957 run).

Youtube video or big download?

I interpret that ad claim as saying, "Ha Ha! We got your money on that piece of crap; we've now changed a thing or two & raised the price.  Please buy this  one, too?

Iacocca was the lar of the original thinkers in that industry -- the Mustang &  Cougar will always live on as master examples of the US Muscle Car.

My ex brother-in-law had a '67 Cougar. took me for a ride up in the back  country up north -- this thing went uphill faster than most of today's cars go  downhill!

Sure feels nice to sink back into the leather buckets as the car accelerates  with pure power.  The modern Mustang has power, too, but the feel, to me, is  completely different.


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