Motorcycling is just a bit over a hundred years old, and while there have been over seventy American manufacturers over the years, the English, of all the European manufacturers, produced more motorcycles under more marques than any other nation, a tradition that carried right up through WWII. After the war, in need of export […]
Life Lessons
La Plata — In the downtown apartment building where he lives with his wife, Julio Drut maintains a small workshop in a back room above the lobby that might otherwise be left for storage. “In this life,” he says in his gruff voice, “you have to take care of things, day by day, so […]
WHEELS THROUGH TIME MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM..
WHEELS THROUGH TIME, WHERE MOTORCYCLE HISTORY ROLLS ON… Since 2002, Dale Wachsler’s Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley NC, has been drawing visitors from around the world to this small quiet Smokey Mountain village. It is truly one of the most unique museums in the world, where every machine has a history, […]
Investment Trusts
Investment Trust have been around for over 100 years and followed the trading houses and market traders around the world, who traded in commodities. Investment Trust share shares are held by the Banks, Insurance Companies and large Pension Funds. So you are in good company as a share holder. Investment Trust invest globally and have […]
Steve Jobs 2, Record Industry 0
Steve Jobs is a clever fellow. I know you, you probably know it, and he’s said that he knows it. Once in a while, he drops a bomb on all of us, and we are made to bask in his glow for as long as our cynicism allows (you know, before we start taking innovations […]
Oziel on 12th Street
La Plata, Argentina — “Beautiful, no,” he asks in his thick, Portuguese accent. Oziel, a Brazilian immigrant who has been living in Argentina for four years, has been working on 12th street for about a year now. His work, he’s an artist who paints scenes of forests, beaches and lakes onto glazed tiles, […]