It has always been interesting to me how expressions belonging to a specific activity or sport or occupation eventually become part of everyday language but with a broader meaning. Baseball, for instance has made a number of contributions like that. If someone makes an effort at something and fails, we say he “struck out”. …
Our internet connection went down this past Wednesday night just before dinner time and it didn’t come back until the middle of the afternoon on Thursday. Well, sort of back. About half of the time it’s OK, but painfully slow; the rest of the time, nada. The cable company is going to send a technician…
One of the remarkable things about trains and train travel is the fact that modern railroads are still using technology that’s 150 or so years old. Certainly, there have been refinements like computers in the locomotive cabs and the complex system of signals that keep trains from running into each other. But essentially, trains today…