… if you forget how casually chauvinist the real-life ads were. Like this one:
Toronto Week, p. 5. c. late 1960s-early 1970s.
A lame double entendre, followed by the execrable “Light enough for her.” Because chicks can’t handle full-bodied single malts; their sissified GI tracts can only handle watered-down blended whiskies.
Deus Indicat. Deo Ducente Nil Nocet
I forgot to comment on this the other day. About HBC--I agree! I've often thought: how did the ...
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I agree, I will address it at length in the future.
The short version is that the F-35 will be...
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Hi Chris,
I don't believe I've seen what you've thought of this purchase in terms of the actua...
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Chris, this is a really outstanding post, and I learned a lot from it. Very timely, too, given t...
Chris is most often found flying a desk, but he delights in studying the Golden Age of Aviation (1919-1939). He admires all the pioneering men and women who navigated the skies with nothing more sophisticated than a map, compass and sextant—and the conviction that there was no place they could not reach.
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