Bobcat And Radar -- An Incredible Synergy -- Notes From All Over -- Part 2 -- September 8, 2021

On my way to looking up something else, I ran across this:

• Doosan will spin off #1 forklift business to Bobcat

... which led me to this:

• Doosan Bobcat Co bought a stake in US radar-maker Ainstein

And the deal makes sense. Wow. Match made in heaven. Think about it. Who were some of the first (non-military) to really, really make use of GPS?

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Jolted!

JOLTS: 10.934 million job openings vs 10.1 million estimated. I assume this is an all-time record for job openings in the US.

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TCM 

Movie this morning: To Catch A Thief. Wow, wow, wow. Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Costume design by Edith Head. And, of course, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A cat-and-mouse comedy adventure. And, wow, does it come in crystal-clear, sharp resolution on the monitor. 

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Maquis

Scrabble word for the day. Name of the boat early in the film: Maquis Mouse. 

Rhymes with "decay."

Think "briar patch."

Maquis:

• the French resistance movement during the German occupation (1940–45). "the Maquis used the cave as a hiding place for their weapons" a member of the Maquis. 
• dense scrub vegetation consisting of hardy evergreen shrubs and small trees, characteristic of coastal regions in the Mediterranean. "the little road connecting the houses went nowhere, dwindling finally into the maquis"