News from the Northwoods

This blog posts about aviation, automobiles, electronics, programming, politics and such other subjects as catch my interest. The blog is based in northern New Hampshire, USA

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Cannon Mt Ski Weather

We didn't get any snow. Despite Winter Storm Warnings, clever weather maps, endless babbling by TV newsies, no snow. Its beautiful, su...

Why have they not discovered a "root cause"?

For the lithium battery problem on the 787? According to yesterday's Wall St Journal, the National Transportation Safety Board doesn...

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Feds and Staties go after Fung Wah Bus

The cheapest trip between Boston and NYC is the Chinatown bus, fare go as low a $10 one way a couple of years ago. It's still cheaper t...

Feds take out the Scooter Store

You must have seen the ads on TV. Happy grandmother seated in an electric wheel chair, whirring about the kitchen. Voice over saying ...

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Toasting BP

Lawyers have been submitting plenty of billable hours in the three years since BP's well blew in the Gulf of Mexico. Today they are act...

Sequester Sky is still Falling

We have the president and secretaries of Navy and Interior on TV whining about awful budget cuts. Suck it in Obama administration. If you ...

Oscars go world wide

Iranian TV carried the Oscar show. The mullahs thought Michelle Obama's dress was too revealing and had them airbrush on a high necked ...

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