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NRHS Class of 76 Throwback Thursday – Golden Years

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on February 6, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

This week’s Throwback Thursday for the North Ridgeville High School Class of 1976 is David Bowie singing (or lip-syncing) “Golden Years” on Soul Train. Bowie released this song in November of 1975, so the song title has multiple meanings for …

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Start prepping for the NRHS Class of 76 Reunion

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on January 30, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

The North Ridgeville High School Class of 1976 reunion will be in 2026. To start getting in the mood, here’s a Throwback Thursday video. Wee;ve got about a year and a half to get in the mood. Class members – …

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Summertime memory

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on February 10, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

Here is a picture from months ago, when it was warm out. It is the old Coast Guard station at Wendy Park

Tracking Inflation at Aftermarket News

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on February 8, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

I took a look at inflationary pressures in the automotive aftermarket. Even though the Consumer Price Index has been accelerating, the CPI for motor vehicle repair has been accelerating even faster. I look at some of the numbers over at …

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Rolling With the Numbers

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on February 11, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

One data series I have been working on is Tire Review’s Rolling with the Numbers, a video series that examines data we have collected from tire dealers through regular surveys. Here is one of the latest videos. By the way, …

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Shopowner’s Top Concerns

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on February 6, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

Here is something I wrote for the January issue of Aftermarket News. It is based on a survey of shopowners we did in 2021, asking them about their top concerns about their shop. Two things keeping them up at night …

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My New MacBook

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on March 23, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized

My circa-2011 MacBook finally decided to retire. It got replaced by a new MacBook Air with the new Apple M1 chip. I will give a couple of mini-reviews, but the first thing I want to talk about is its extreme …

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How Long?

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on March 20, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized

Wow, I haven’t updated this blog since April 2017. In a way, that makes sense because I started a new job in May 2017 (be sure to check out the wonderful content at babcox.com) and I was concentrating on that. …

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Roman Blood – Ancient Rome Mixed with Raymond Chandler

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on April 25, 2017 Posted in Uncategorized

What do you get when you mix ancient Roman history with a detective novel with the atmosphere of Raymond Chandler?  You will get Roman Blood – A Novel of Ancient Rome, the first in a series of detective novels (Roma …

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TBT- Growing up in North Ridgeville

By Bruce Kratofil Posted on February 2, 2017 Posted in Photos

This picture, taken in 1967, was the house we lived in North Ridgeville, Ohio, from 1960 to 1972. It is on the corner of Bainbridge and Chestnut Ridge Road. Our family moved into the new house on Labor Day weekend, …

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