Tagged With "Bette Nash"

I'm reminded of a poem (to give it dignity) by the late Ogden Nash. The Purist I give you now Professor Twist... a conscientious scientist. Trustees exclaimed "He never bungles!" and packed him off to distant jungles. Camped by a tropic riverside, one night he missed his loving bride. She had, the guide informed him later, been eaten by an alligator. Professor Twist could not but smile: You mean, said he, a crocodile!

Here's someone with a long-term perspective on the airline industry and life in general! The Boston Globe last Sunday profiled Bette Nash, a 79-year-old US Airways flight attendant with 57 years of experience and an interesting story to tell. Here's a...

Stephanie explores the historic treasures of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, including fantastic car and antique collections.

Whitney Plantation is different: it is not about the gracious life of the ante-bellum South; it is about the lives of the thousands of slaves who paid for it.

A continuation of a series on some of the magnificent cars in this great show.

A Japanese car rental company turns a tiny compact into overnight accommodations on the road.

Like a rusty traffic jam on a ghost highway, these cars of the past are going nowhere. We spent two weeks in the summer of 2007, criss-crossing Colorado, admiring the deep Black Canyon of the Gunnison, photographing classic F7 locomotives in the...

Or, we could forget the bloated attempts, like the 1963 model you posted, to look like everyone else, and quietly remember the "little Nash Rambler" that not only invented the modern compact, but also beat out the Cadillac in the famous song (this YouTube version also has some great Rambler pics...)

PHeymont shares a selection of the most whimsical, unusual and just plain fun cars at Tacoma's huge auto museum.

DrFumblefinger concludes his visit to the Dahl Auto Museum, located in La Crosse Wisconsin.

I remember the T-Bird and Corvettes being coveted vehicles back in the day. My brother had a Nash Rambler (one of your car photos) and after installing many ad-ons including a bigger engine, would race it on our local highway against other street machines.

Speaking of the Nash Rambler...who could ever forget the Playmates' classic?

George -- did you race that Nash Rambler with your brother? I can easily see you hanging in the front passenger seat.

DrFumblefinger came across this classic 1954 Hudson Hornet while shopping at his local farm supply store.

DrFumblefinger continues his series on "Lost in the 50s", with a look at some of the classic post-1950s cars that were on display.

DrFumblefinger shares the story behind a car sitting atop a pole in Libby, Montana.

And it's sort of a memorial in another way: Nash dropped all of its lines except the Rambler on June 25, 1957, the end of the Nash name as well. Fewer than ten thousand 1957 Nashes were built.

DrFumblefinger comes across a parked group of classic old cars and trucks outside a small western Montana town.

Beautiful cars, unique vehicles and quite a few surprises await at the museum's automotive exhibits.

DrFumblefinger passes an interesting collection of old cars and trucks sitting at the edge of a rock quarry in the eastern Idaho panhandle.

Marilyn shares a special time of year: Christmas in a Texas town that really takes it seriously

A California proposed law would bar Clear from putting its customers ahead of others at TSA security lines

One of the most unusual vehicles ever created to travel on public highways, this mobile redwood log (mounted on a truck frame) is more than 100 years old.

In England's East Midlands, Judy Barford explores one of Britain's stately homes.