Archive for June, 2005 (Page 2)

Raise your hand for new ‘Yellow cabs’

By Greg SanchezGreg Sanchez, June 29th, 2005

I vote for a new design of the vacancy indicator at the top of the cabs, so that we can tell from at least half a block away whether or not the cab is available, this way I stop whistling my brains off or I give my undulating arm a rest until the next one! What do you think? Having been raised in New York and worked in Manhattan for several years, I know a little bit about yellow cabs, especially some of the tricks needed to succeed in getting one over taller and more commanding individuals, or good looking women, or imposing couples, or very loud whistles coming from bell boys from nearby hotels. But perhaps, in the very near future, all of... Read More

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The Week in Reverse

By Marty PadgettMarty Padgett, June 24th, 2005

Bernie Ecclestone thinks Indy fourth-placer is a domestic appliance. Funny, our George Foreman grill can't even hit 100 mph in the straights. The Governors Highway Safety Association thinks that highway deaths should have gone done, with all these fancy new airbags and such. So they're talking up a return to the 55-mph speed limit. What's the best way to get voted from office, you ask? That's right, kids. Apparently, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson isn't one of them. The S-Class has another new look - its fourth in four tries. We'd say something about those regular visits by the milkman, but 90 percent of you wouldn't remember a milkman, so... Read More

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Domestic Appliance or 237-mph Qualifier?

By Marty PadgettMarty Padgett, June 23rd, 2005

Formula 1 racing has its occasional firestorms - and you think last week's fiasco at Indy would have stuffed Bernie Ecclestone's publicity maw for a while. You would, of course, be wrong. Maybe Ecclestone was trying to be funny last weekend during an interview at Indy when he commented on Indy fourth-placer Danica Patrick's groundbreaking 500 drive. Or maybe he thought he was at Target? "Women should be all dressed in white like all other domestic appliances," Ecclestone said - and then later reiterated in a phone call he placed to Patrick, ostensibly to congratulate her for her IRL driving. Patrick says she was utterly confused by... Read More

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