NEW YORK CITY (Circa 1000 B.C.E.)”Some of the first humans to New York City arrive in canoes in 1000 B.C.E. , paddling across the wide river from another island (and the region that is now Brooklyn), through thick reeds to ‘Mamhatta’ or ‘hilly island,’ and its vedant forests of oaks, and trees, spruces, cedars, andContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: NEW YORK CITY”
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BITS & PIECES OF A MISLAID LIFE: AMERICANA
In 1997 David Bowie raised $55 million by selling investors securities backed by the royalties of 25 of his albums. The so-called “Bowie Bonds” had a 7.9% return over 10 years, higher than the 6.37 percent of a 10-year U.S. Treasury note.ONE GOOD FACT website June 06, 2024**Benjamin Franklin Designed the First Penny”Long before AbrahamContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISLAID LIFE: AMERICANA”
BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THIS & THAT
SCIENCE”Leave only three wasps alive in the whole of Europe and the air of Europe will still be more crowded with wasps than space is with stars.” James Jeans**HOW TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION OF A KEYSO YOU CAN MAKE AN IMPRESSION OF IT”Neat attention to detail: when The Jackal is making an impression of aContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THIS & THAT”
BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: AMERICANA #6
ADVERTISING IN LATE NINETEENTH & EARLY 20th CENTURY AMERICA”There was a certain amount of petty fraud often of a good-humored kind, in the advertising of the day. For instance,persons sending money for an advertised ‘Potato Bug Eradicator’ received two slivers of wood with the instructions ‘Place the potato bug between the two sticks of woodContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: AMERICANA #6”
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