RMweb Gold TravisM Posted June 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2017 And horse explosions were, mercifully, rare... I suppose it all depended on what you fed them on Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2017 I suppose it all depended on what you fed them on Julian Sprott I've only myself to blame, I know, but now I've got that mental image to get rid of... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 12, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2017 I wonder how many people realise how inexpensive the steam locomotive was compared with what had gone before. Take Liverpool to Birmingham and back in 1848, the trip each way taking about 4¼ hours, stoppages included. The train of coaches weighed about 80 tons transporting 240 passengers with their luggage. The distance between these two places by railway is 95 miles. This double journey of 190 miles was affected by the mechanical force produced in the combustion of a quarter ton of coke, the value of which was 6 shillings. To carry the same number of passengers daily between the same places by stage coach on a common road would have required 20 coaches and an establishment of 3,800 horses, with which the journey in each direction would be performed in about 12 hours, stoppages included. Under those conditions, few would have actually made the journey, as it would be expensive to spend an entire working day travelling. What the railway did, was make such a journey more affordable and so encouraged growth. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
844fan Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 I've only myself to blame, I know, but now I've got that mental image to get rid of... Hmm funny I see no disturbing mental images. All I see is a horse with a eye half closed, it's tail raised, a humorous sound and a rather nasty smell. Which in hindsight is rather not so much a mental image but a olfactory imprint and a permanent one for anyone behind it. Who would be so cruel to a horse as to feed it beans for a week? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 12, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2017 Hmm funny I see no disturbing mental images. All I see is a horse with a eye half closed, it's tail raised, a humorous sound and a rather nasty smell. Which in hindsight is rather not so much a mental image but a olfactory imprint and a permanent one for anyone behind it. Who would be so cruel to a horse as to feed it beans for a week? Same sort of people who feed popcorn to seagulls and watch them detonate in mid air. You've got to admit it's funny... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted June 12, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2017 Same sort of people who feed popcorn to seagulls and watch them detonate in mid air. You've got to admit it's funny... Not for the seagull. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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