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"Biplanes -> Looking at Earth from Moon in 40 years" A favourite Mitchell story is telling how is grandparents traveled across the US to Texas in horse drawn w
by bootload 11y ago
"Biplanes -> Looking at Earth from Moon in 40 years"
A favourite Mitchell story is telling how is grandparents traveled across the US to Texas in horse drawn wagons with canvas roofs. Forget airplanes, try no electricity, no railways or big towns. From covered wagons to the moon in 100 years ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAyVSylJBuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAyVSylJBuo
- keithpeter 11y agoYup: one of my grandfathers walked off the land, got a job as a dockside blacksmith and was a professional soldier in 1913 (bad news, Ypres, Passchendaele, Mons the whole lot).
- bootload 11y agoRough times. My Dads uncle, first Australian born on his side, quit his job, joined up in 1914, was in the 2nd wave, [0] marine assault of Gallipoli [1] and KIA on the same day. [2] How anyone got out of the European theater, I'll never know. Reference [0] http://seldomlogical.com/2015/APR/25/second-wave/ http://seldomlogical.com/2015/APR/25/second-wave/ [1] http://seldomlogical.com/2015/APR/25/maclagans-ridge/ http://seldomlogical.com/2015/APR/25/maclagans-ridge/ [2] http://seldomlogical.com/2015/APR/25/slight-rain-fell-during-the-night/ http://seldomlogical.com/2015/APR/25/slight-rain-fell-during...