A half-century ago, a revolutionary little car hit the market. The Mini was small, front-wheel drive, had its wheels pushed to the corners to improve stability and make the most of its interior space, and it was inexpensive. The redesigned version by BMW retained all of that – except for the low price-tag, of course. In honour of the birthday, Mini has released a pair of special-edition packages: the 50 Camden, and my tester, the 50 Mayfair, named for London’s famous upscale neighbourhood.
Why drop my price just because no one wants it? Washington Post details the lunacy of sellers, and their agents. And while Donnelly has trimmed his expectations, shaving $50,000 off the $1 million price he’d originally wanted, the reduction so far hasn’t been enough to win over buyers. So the weekends keep passing. Nearly three [...]
Real estate agent switches to selling lamps.
That’s been my argument for two years. Now, according to the NYT, Obama’s considering it (but surely not until after November). As the economy again sputters and potential buyers flee — July housing sales sank 26 percent from July 2009 — there is a growing sense of exhaustion with government intervention. Some economists and analysts [...]
Japanese fishery depleted. By the same reasoning, I don’t believe we’ll reach a global population of 9 billion in 2050, but I don’t like to contemplate the means by which we won’t.
A reader reminded me that I had promised to send defunct CFL bulbs to my Congressman, so I’ve dug the latest failure out of the kitchen trash can and will send it off to Jimbo in Washington, labeled “hazardous waste’. Blogging may be suspended while I arrange bail. UPDATE: rethinking the subject, I may send [...]
And then bankruptcy, which may wipe out $3 billion in debt. 11,000 apartments – interesting situation.
Ron Howard, Regis Philben, Frank Gifford and Elton John spotted on Greenwich Avenue eating Valbella’s ice cream cones!
The original Hummer, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle developed by AM General, earned celebrity status through its high-profile use in the Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) of 1990-1991, and then by Arnold Schwarzenegger, who liked it so much he had to have one.
The defective, 300 ton blow-out preventer was pulled yesterday and replaced with a working one. A permanent bottom plug will be put in next week, but that’s just belt and suspenders – this sucker’s dead. As I’ve said before, BP’s management blew this one, and the company’s shareholders will lose billions of dollars, far in [...]
Recent Comments