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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Jan 1, 2009 14:04:48 GMT -5
A classic Bugatti car, which gathered dust in a Tyneside garage for almost 50 years, may fetch up to £3m ($4.35m) when it goes under the hammer. Relatives of reclusive Newcastle doctor Harold Carr found the 1937 Type 57S Atalante in a garage after he died. Now the classic car, thought to be one of just 17 built, is to be sold by Bonhams in Paris next month. It was originally owned by Earl Howe - first president of the British Racing Drivers' Club. Dr Carr, a former army surgeon, left the contents of a lock-up garage to his family when he died in 2007. As well as the Bugatti, his nephew also discovered a classic Aston Martin, and a Jaguar E-type in the lock-up. The nephew, an engineer from Newcastle, said: "We just can't believe it. "Of course we're delighted and we're going to make sure the money is shared out among the family. It's a wonderful thing to leave. Earl Howe took delivery of the sporty two-seat Atalante after it was completed in 1937 and kept the car for eight years. After Earl Howe sold it, it changed hands a couple of time before Dr Carr bought the car in 1955 from Lord Ridley, a member of the Northumberland gentry. He drove the car for the first few years, but in 1960 it was parked in his garage where it remained until his death. James Knight, international head of Bonhams' motoring department, said: "I have known of this Bugatti for a number of years and, like a select group of others, hadn't dared divulge its whereabouts to anyone. "It is absolutely one of the last great barn discoveries. "The Atalante is incredibly original and, although she requires restoration, it is 'restoration' in the true sense of the word. "It offers a truly rewarding project to the new owner - who will join a select list of distinguished owners - to play such an integral part in bringing this wonderful motor car back to life." The car has a remarkably low mileage with an odometer reading of just 26,284. The Bugatti 57S is a highly coveted car by collectors, with at least four thought to belong to the Musee Nationale de L'Automobile in Mulhouse, France. Others remain in the hands of private collectors , I Bet i could get a Girlfriend with that , i live in a city with garages that hold items like this too QC news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7807210.stm
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Post by bluerose on Jan 1, 2009 22:01:20 GMT -5
Remember this one Qc My DH drooled for days over this.
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Mar 29, 2009 12:00:29 GMT -5
Thanks bluerose , Download the latest version Here you may download the latest freeware PGP version for your platform's QC www.pgpi.org/
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Mar 29, 2009 17:08:58 GMT -5
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Mar 31, 2009 12:51:07 GMT -5
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Apr 1, 2009 1:13:58 GMT -5
I Made You a Global Mod QC
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Apr 2, 2009 23:29:06 GMT -5
Old-School Keyboard Makes Comeback Almost all keyboards made since the early 1990s are, frankly, no good. A tiny group of writers and hackers know better. They use vintage IBM keyboards. Ugly, built like tanks, and, most importantly, with a spring under each key, and which clicks when you press it. My All Things Considered story about the Model M keyboard is, of course, shot through with journalistic bias. I am unabashed in my preference for the metallic ring of an old keyboard's spring-loaded keys. I won't apologize for this partiality, but I will try to explain it. Some old writer once said that in order to keep going, he needed to hear the scratch of the pen on the page (if someone out there remembers who this was, please remind me!). Obviously, this was succeeded by other noises: the zip of the platen, the thwock of the typebar, the electric jump of a Selectric "golf ball." Whatever the noise, it was a mechanical reality, perfectly synchronized with the moment a letter was committed to paper. Those noises were evidence of writing as a physical act. With word processing, writing has become more tenuous. Infinitely variable and backspaceable. This isn't necessarily good or bad, but it is different. Cheryl Lowry, the writer and Model M fan who opens my All Things Considered story, told me she writes differently when she switches to a manual typewriter. Her writing is more premeditated. She pauses to think before she commits words to paper. (As an exercise in this kind of old-fashioned composition, Lowry occasionally practices what's come to be called "typecasting." She writes her blog entries on a manual typewriter, then scans in the image, typos and all. The Model M is not a typewriter. But it may very well be the last computer keyboard designed to feel like one. Neil Muyskens, the fellow whose tiny Lexington company pckeyboard.com still makes the old-style keyboards, told me that when IBM set out to design the Model M in the 1980s, it was trying to emulate the feel of the Selectric (possibly the best electric typewriter ever made). That's why the Model M has a spring under each key: When that spring buckles, it unambiguously communicates that fact to your fingertip. You feel the letter being made; there's no need to pound all the way to the bottom just to be sure. With the Model M, word processing retains an element of physical reality. I am the first to acknowledge that this is all a matter of personal taste. People like what they like and get used to what they know. Plenty of wonderful writing comes thudding out of rubber-dome keyboards. Still, it's funny to observe that the latest trend in digital devices is something called "haptics": battery-operated vibrations meant to make touch-screens click and respond under your fingertips. But these are simulations! In a tiny factory in Lexington, Ky., somebody's still building the real thing. For now QC Long Live The Model M Clicky keyboard $25.00 Per Keyboard ! Check this out too: techycrap.com/10-old-computers-with-outrageous-price-tags/
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Apr 3, 2009 1:01:13 GMT -5
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Apr 5, 2009 21:44:19 GMT -5
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Jul 1, 2009 15:20:23 GMT -5
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Jul 22, 2009 10:40:16 GMT -5
www.propublica.org/Bill Gates Offers Stimulus Advice by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - July 22, 2009 9:37 am EDT Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage: Bill Gates waded into the stimulus debate Tuesday, calling for states to be more ambitious in the way they spend stimulus money earmarked for public education. Speaking to the National Conference of State Legislatures in Philadelphia, Gates urged states to increase online learning, better assess both pupils and teachers, and create more schools modeled on charter schools, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. “Our schools need to get better, or our economic positioning relative to others will get worse,” said Gates. In Watsonville, Calif., the Pajaro Valley Unified School District demonstrates how hard it may be for states to answer Gates’ call to revolutionize education. The school district’s trustees met to discuss how to spend $1.6 million in stimulus money, The Mercury News reports. In the meantime, the trustees need to decide how to cut $7.5 million from the district’s budget for the coming year, on top of a $14 million cut in March QC
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Post by ۞Quaalude™۞ on Mar 21, 2010 13:14:46 GMT -5
Cool Find is a file search and management utility for Windows. With its many powerful features, Cool Find enables users to search files effectively and conveniently. It's a 100% Win XP-compliant version QC www.coolfilesearch.com
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