December 12, 20223 yr Yet another bicycle message. In the 1880s, the Ordinary (in the U.K. Penny Farthing) was the best form of land transportation over reasonable roadbeds on the planet. You could go further and faster than on horseback. And upkeep was minimal (no food, no fence, no pasture). (EDIT: I should have said personal transportation, because the railroad had arrived earlier which meant most people would at some point in their lives actually leave the county or shire into which they were born. If they lived near the center of the county). What I liked best about Thomas Stevens book (1888) was his receptions in very remote areas where people knew little of the world. In India mobs would throw stones and shout at the demon who was moving along as if by magic, or they hailed him as divine and threw feasts and celebrations. Other times they just stared speechless. Sometimes everyone froze and pretended to ignore him (much like Sargeant Schultz "I see nothing)". https://www.amazon.com/Around-World-Bicycle-Francisco-Tehran/dp/1473332168/ Edited December 12, 20223 yr by Fielder 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
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