W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. His stories, many of them amusing tales of life along t...
Current redundancy law means that people can have their cake and eat it too. MOST readers will be aware of the bizarre efforts to which some employees will go to 'get a package'. People with a job no longer resign; instead they manipulate...
Millennia have passed since early man hid and hauled grain and game in primitive carriers, most likely fashioned from grasses, leaves, animal hides or tree bark. By the 20th century, that basic need to transport food was being met by . . ....
