I was on a bar trivia team that would offer “Helen Keller” as the answer to questions requiring a person’s name, if they didn’t know.

I really liked those. My uncle had a late-1960s Fiat Spider (body by Pininfarina) with a similar vibe to the Alfa. Both withdrew from the US market by the time I was a buyer. Alfa’s back with sedans and SUVs. Fiat reintroduced a 124 Spider, but withdrew it, and now only offers the 500.

My favorite was a 1992 Dodge Stealth, a Mitsubishi 3000GT twin—had it until 2015, just 90k mi.—and donated it to an Army vet so he could get to work. My mom talked me into buying it (“you should have a sports car when you’re young and can enjoy it”). She’d approve of its new owner. Miss her and it.

I assumed that the Vauxhall Cav was related (GM connection). Now looking at the Wikipedia entry for the Chevy Cav, it’s mind-boggling the number of badge iterations for the J-body.

Mine was a 1988 Chevy Cavalier with a 2.0-liter I-4 (an equivalent was sold under the Vauxhall badge in the UK with the letters rearranged to “litre”).

The original frigate had a poor record in US service (especially compared to other original frigates) and got poor marks in an RN evaluation (broken up in 1820, I believe). The 1855 screw frigate had a short life—broken up in 1867. It seems an unlucky name, but USN has a new one (FFG-64) planned.

I know. The USS Chesapeake from my reply was captured in the War of 1812, becoming HMS Chesapeake. It was broken up in 1820, and its timbers used to build a mill in Wickham, Hampshire, still extant.
The HMS Chesapeake of your post only took its name.

I think you meant this one…
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Che...

True—the March of Maedhros abutted Nogrod & Belegost.
I stand corrected—the Narsilion was not the Trees’ story, but the Sun & Moon (red & white lights). Their rising heralded the Noldor’s return, which adds to your Maedhros idea.
As @janeellen.bsky.social says, in the chaos, tales were easily lost.

Hello—I’d like to be added, please.

Just playing devil’s advocate.
I love the idea of Maedhros’s sword going to the true heirs of Elros. (Had primogeniture existed from the start in Númenor—vs. male primogeniture—the Lords of Andúnië would have been the kings. Silmariën was Tar-Meneldur’s elder sister.)

Isn’t “Narsil” the word for the Two Trees’ blended light—a term likely familiar to Feänor’s eldest?
My concern: Though Maedhros’s original sword was lost to his captors, would he use one forged by the dwarf smith Telchar in Nogrod (maker of Angrist and Hador’s helm) and not a Fëanor-forged blade?

And are not the carabao found in the Philippines and nearby areas.
I know this because one of the islands where we built a fort—Ft. Frank—to defend Manila Bay was named Carabao. It was on the Pico de Loro/Cavite side of the channel, farthest from Corregidor/Ft. Mills.
Reindeer, you say? 🤔

Must be part Teleri (JRRT’s sea elves).

Congratulations, well deserved!

It was good to find you over here, Alex. This is Eddie (Sir Edmund Hilarity). He’s a bit skeptical of new sites.

I love the Dudley Pound bit just hanging there sans amplification.