Author Archives: Chris Cane

Something not so Trivial in Australia –

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Chris Cane

The origins of the TRIVIAL PURSUIT® game can be traced back to a blustery day in Montreal, December 15, 1979, when two friends, Scott Abbott, sports editor with the Canadian Press and Chris Haney, photo editor for the Montreal Gazette, … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, My Life, Rare Miscellany | Leave a comment

Kampei or Bottoms Up – Japan Style

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Chris Cane

Kampei is a traditional toast in Japan. Where we might say Cheers! or Bottoms Up!, the Japanese typically say Kampei or “Empty Glass”. Throughout the eighties and nineties I traveled extensively in the Far East and Europe. It was tradition … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, My Life | Leave a comment

Grandma ‘Mrs Hughes’ Comedy

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Chris Cane

I enjoy “observational comedy’ To watch on Youtube see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWrj9TaA0Mc

Posted in My Life | Leave a comment

I have a printer problem.

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Chris Cane

Caller: Hi, our printer is not working. Customer Service: What’s wrong with it? Caller: The Mouse is jammed. Customer Service: Mouse? Printers don’t have a mouse!!! Caller: Mmmmm??.. Oh really?… I will send a picture See below

Posted in Computing, Humor | Leave a comment

The Goldberg Brothers – The Inventors of the Automobile Air Conditioner

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Chris Cane

Here’s a little factoid for automotive buffs or just to dazzle your friends. The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees. … Continue reading →

Posted in My Life | 1 Comment

The Faux Pas of The Sausage Rolls

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Chris Cane

Many years ago, I’m guessing in the early seventies, Cheryl and I were visiting my folks and something unexpected happened! Who would have guessed that by teaching her daughter-in-law to cook sausage rolls could backfire and blacken a Christmas dinner. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, My Life | Leave a comment

Porcine Immaculata or The Three Legged Pig Story

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Chris Cane

A newspaper reporter heard about an amazingly clean farm north of the city. She felt that there might be a story here so on a quiet afternoon she drove into the country to find and visit this farm. She was … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, My Life | Leave a comment

The Three Legged Chicken

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Chris Cane

The other day I was driving a country road a little north of here in my roadster and as I rounded a corner, checked my rear-view mirror, I saw a chicken running along behind the car. I was doing about 60 … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, My Life | Leave a comment

The Sales Meeting and the Trip to Wrigley Field

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Chris Cane

Way back in the nineties I was the sales manager for the electron device group at Richardson Electronics. At one of our international sales meetings in Chicago we arranged for all attendees to go to a baseball game at Wrigley … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, My Life, Rare Miscellany | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Re-Tiring in Utah (Roving Roadster Style)

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Chris Cane

I was reading about a friend’s recent tire disaster with his Z4 Roadster it made me recall the time we re-tired in Utah in 2007. Cheryl and I were traveling back from the west coast with a group of roadsters. … Continue reading →

Posted in My Life | 2 Comments