One time my '55 Chevy had transmission problems and I had to go up a hill backwards.

Always mentioned this when covering human digestion in my high school biology classes.

Thanks for the update. I had no idea.

I wonder if there is any way to investigate these stories using modern DNA analysis. Certainly would be a challenge for some enterprising scientist.

Certainly a Canadian things. Mrs.O a former citizen of Canada makes very nice ones. also, Chelsea buns. Yum.

I like the open style for kitchen, dining, and family room. The split desgin with master suite and guest rooms on opposite sides is great.

Years ago at the school where I taught, the seniors got a school bus and drove it up to park in at the building's front door. Whoever was driving accidentally crashed it into the door. That ended senior pranks like that.

I read Red Alert in college. Don't recall the ending being total nuclear war. I think Atlantic City did not fare well. Kubrick made it into a cartoon of sorts. My opinion.

When MrsO. and I were young struggling newlyweds, we got dishes, glasses, and flatware from buying boxes of detergent. We used a lot when having to wash diapers for our first children.

Looks like something from a roller-coaster/thrill ride. Will the plane do loops and turns to make it exciting ?

Been there done that.

The very first time Mrs.O flew was with me to New Orleans in1989. She had a bad experience when decompressing during landing. We happened to meet with a couple of airline attendants at our hotel and told them about it. They said she should take a couple anti-histamine pills before her flight. They even gave her some for our return trip. Mrs.O has used this ever since and has had no pain again when flying.

Cosmic rays? People that fly a lot are exposed to more of them too. Space travel is a lot more dangerous because of that.

One of the best public TV shows was about the English language. It opened with an Italian airliner landing at the Paris airport and the conversation between the pilot and control tower was in English. If you ever get a chance to watch it---do so.

YUK. Still have memory of my Great Grandfather with coffee dripping off his bushy mustache. YUK.