Re: OT: Cracking Speech by JDV!

On 25/02/2025 6:31 am, john larkin wrote:

On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:30:14 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
 

Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:
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Bring back horse drawn stages coaches and you can save even more money.

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...and the pollution is bio-degradeable.

 London was vile when horses did all the heavy work.

And every other large city.

And before rail transportation, everyone had to live close to work.
Most people walked.

Canals and fast barges weren't a quick as railroads but they were faster than walking and a lot less like hard work than riding.
The Dutch had tourism long before they had railroads - it isn't a large country so fast barges were fast enough.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney