Some notes on wine tasting terms gathered from various
books over the years. How to have a wine tasting: Buy wine. Invite
people over. Discuss.
Looking for info on the approved base-10 prefixes? Some
of it is on the net, but I could not find a comphrensive page
listing the prefixes and some examples of their use. Here's
my version.
Ever leased a car? By the time you read this I may have.
How do they come up with the monthly lease number? In the
middle of the standard lease form, there is a line item
for th e"rent charge". It unhelpfully says it is not the
same as the finance charge. OK; so what is it? I have
an idea and am still looking for some original
material on the the origin of the "rent charge".
So I buy this gigantic book on WWII and by the time I get to
page 16 I realize that 1) I know next to nothing about Europe or
WWI, 2) everything I thought I knew was wrong, and 3) that it
will take me 5 years to get through this book. Here's the info
that brought me to those insights.
My grandfather served as a pilot in World War I. Flying Sopwith
Camels, he fought against Germain pilots and ground patrols in
northeastern France. I've written a summary of a book published
after the war detailing the exploits of the 17th Aero Squadron.