I received an email from an old (I use the term advisedly – we are now in our 7th decade) friend, talking about clotheslines. It hadn’t occurred to me that Americans no longer use them much. I have lived in France and England for the last 15 years, where most people hang laundry outside… Continue reading Clotheslines
Month: April 2008
TaTa takes over Ford’s Jaguar/Land Rover
Or, India’s revenge In an ironic twist arising out of an imperialist past, Tata, the low-cost automobile manufacturer of India, has just bought out the US/ Ford, who had bought the UK‘s financially ailing Jaguar and Land Rover in 1989. Ford succeeded turning Land Roveraround, but Jaguar‘s sales have continued to decline. Now, India‘s Tata… Continue reading TaTa takes over Ford’s Jaguar/Land Rover