More in Rod’s Blog
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Best April Fool’s Day gotcha ever.
Have you ever wondered about the origins of April Fools’ Day? If so you’re just like the reporter from the Associated Press who tracked down Joseph Boskin, a professor at […]
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The truth about hotel towels
I used to travel a lot. For 20 years I was a platinum frequent flyer, hotel staff knew me by name, I knew every shortcut in every airport in every […]
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Will I throw up in an autonomous vehicle?
There are autonomous vehicles and there are people who throw up in vehicles. Will people who suffer motion sickness throw up in autonomous vehicles? Going by my personal experience I […]
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Mighty Boy’s mighty resale value
Some people remember where they were when they heard about Princess Di’s car crash. For others it was when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Me, I remember exactly […]
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Changing nappies; the Bangle wrangle
When was the last time you tried to change a nappy in a car? If this car looks a little odd to you, well ease and speed of nappy changing […]
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The quest to find number 1, Series 1, 70 years later.
Anyone who’s ever driven a Series 1 Land Rover would wonder about people who pay perfectly good money, and lots of it, to have them restored. But then it takes […]
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Cinemas? Why bother?
When television was invented the death of the cinema was predicted and, as everyone knows, it didn’t happen. But it was certainly injured. Ticket prices dropped. Newsreels died. Cinemas specialising […]
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Kiwis build gyms for birds
Road builders and maintenance crews in New Zealand have a problem with keas. Not Kias, the Korean cars, but keas, the world’s only alpine parrots native to the country. Keas, […]
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The finest car chase ever filmed
At the Detroit motor show Ford has unveiled a limited edition Mustang, faster, more powerful, the usual stuff. They’ve called it Bullitt. And it occurs to me that a great […]