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The Strike Heard Round The World

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Caryn

Not every strike is legal, although these days most are. Nevertheless, in 1936, the type of strike known as a sit-down strike, or maybe a sit-in, was not legal. On the evening of December 30th at 8pm, in one of … Continue reading →

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Britain’s Red Flag Act Of 1865

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Caryn

Many people are superstitious or just afraid of new or unusual things, and Britain was no different when it came to technology, at least. When the early motorized vehicles came out, the British decided that there had to be a … Continue reading →

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Actually, The First Car…

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Caryn

In the United States, at least, many of us equate the first car to Henry Ford, but in reality, that is not the case. In fact, the first car wasn’t built in the United States at all. Henry Ford made great strides in the automobile industry, to be sure, but he didn’t start it all. Continue reading →

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The Coolest Thing

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Caryn

When my oldest daughter, Corrie Petersen was born, it was one of the happiest days of her great grandmother, Nettie Knox’s life, because her first great grandchild had been born on her birthday. It’s called “birthday twins” and it’s been the coolest thing for both Grandma Knox and Corrie. Continue reading →

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To Rage Or Not To Rage

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Caryn

Road rage is a common expression these days. In fact, you would have to be living under a rock not to know what road rage is. Most of us think that road rage is something that has come about as there are more and more vehicles on the road; Continue reading →

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Much Determination

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Caryn

My sister-in-law, Brenda Schulenberg is a woman who is determined to accomplish her goals and dreams. She doesn’t let anything get in the way of getting her daily steps in Continue reading →

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Automobile A/C

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Caryn

These days, driving our cars everywhere we go, there are certain amenities in our cars that we take for granted, but that in reality, we just couldn’t live without. One of those amenities is the automobile air conditioner. Summers would … Continue reading →

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No More Hand Crank

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Caryn

When the automobile first came out, driving them safely wasn’t the only difficulty. The early years of the automobile, found drivers using iron hand cranks to start the internal combustion process that powered the engines on their cars. Getting them … Continue reading →

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Detroit Windsor Trans-National Tunnel

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Caryn

When a body of water stands between two places that people need to go, there are a few options to solve the dilemma…a bridge, a road around, or as was the case of a way across the Detroit River, a … Continue reading →

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Ford’s Assembly Line

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Caryn

These days, so many things are automated, that we hardly know how to work in an environment that requires us to hand build everything. Machines often make most of the things we buy, but it wasn’t always so. In the … Continue reading →

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