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Michael Thies's Blog – August 2015 Archive (2)
Google Doodle Honors The First Ever Electric Traffic Light!
Google comes up with some cool obscurities. This one is up my alley! :-) Check it out
http://time.com/3985080/when-was-the-first-traffic-light-installed/
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"THE FIRST traffic signal was invented by J P Knight, a railway signalling engineer. It was installed…
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Caffeine & Octane - The Biggest Vehicle Event in Georgia
C&O was started about nine years about at a Panera Bread in Marietta, Ga and has outgrown a number of locations, steadily growing over the years to a new record set at Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, GA last Sunday at an estimated 2500 vehicles! It is now owned by the third owner, Bruce Piefke, who clearly has a handle on how to make it better and better. Over the years, the numbers have intimated some of the owners of the older more classic cars, yet there still is a highly respectable…
ContinueAdded by Michael Thies on August 3, 2015 at 8:30am — 1 Comment
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A Bite of History - 1957 VW Beetle by Mike Thies
Posted by Michael Thies on June 29, 2026 at 2:00pm
When Concours Was About More Than the Car by Mike Thies
When Concours Was About More Than the Car by Mike Thies
The Concours d’Elegance did not begin as a car show in the way most people think of one today. The idea goes back to Europe, where the word simply meant a “competition of elegance.” Long before automobiles, wealthy owners paraded fine carriages, fine horses, and fine clothes. When automobiles replaced carriages, the same idea carried over. The…
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