By Michael Karl Witzel ©2007-2008
During the salad days of motoring, the term “air conditioning” referred to how low one could roll down their car window! Back then, ice was delivered by horsedrawn wagon and the weather dictated a person’s comfort level. To quell the heat, people cooled off by drinking a cold glass of lemonade [...]
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By Michael Karl Witzel ©2007-2008
Sure, history books tell of the Tartar’s fondness for raw meat and how sailors from Germany loved to order Hamburg Style Steak upon their arrival in the New World. The real question is: Who created America’s first all-beef patty, ancestral prototype of today’s Quarter Pounder, Big Mac, and Whopper?
Pinpointing the origination [...]
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By Michael Karl Witzel ©2007-2008
The red Pegasus, Mobil’s dauntless mascot, commands the motorist’s attention wherever seen. Blazing its way into the sky on a trail of hot neon or affixed to a station facade in the form of enameled steel, it’s been a familiar brush stroke on highways like Route 66 for over fifty [...]
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