From the Chicago Tribune. Truck driving is a lot harder job than you think. Most of these guys work pretty hard for very little money. Let me tell you a little about the truck driver you just flipped off because he was passing another truck, and you had to cancel the cruise control and slow [...]
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Red Arrow Coaches
My colleague and I were talking about Red Arrow coaches the other day and I found this great article by Jeremy Klazus who writes about them in Alberta Venture Red Arrow carries business travellers, mostly. But its fares aren’t out of reach for students and others making personal trips. “Our typical demographic is a professional [...]
Super Size Me
Apparently this cruise ship isn’t that big. It’s heavier than any of the WWII battleships and until the U.S.S. Enterprise was launched, it was heavier than any previous U.S. warship. Of course it is a midget compared to the Oasis class of cruise ships. It’s like MacDonald’s took over the cruise industry.
Nuclear Waste Moving Through Europe
From National Geographic A Castor railcar glows ominously in a thermal image, but the scene shows only that the cars’ contents are warm—no hotter than a sweltering summer day—said Matthew Bunn, of Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. "The decay of these atoms in the fission products from nuclear reactors releases a [...]
Warren Buffett’s $26 billion gamble on the next big thing
This is huge Most investors looking for the "next big thing" seek out whiz-bang investments like alternative energy, lifesaving biotech drugs, handheld Internet devices and, for doomsayers, hard assets like gold. Railroads, which had their heyday in another era, are rarely mentioned as a must-have investment for those looking to get rich. So why is [...]
