re: Pictures from days gone by....

Two boatmen “legging it”, propelling a narrow boat through a canal tunnel in Cheshire, England.



Fortunately there was zero current in that canal as it was a manmade body of water relying on reservoirs for its supply.

Most English canals were similar.

Outside of the tunnels they had towpaths alongside for horses or mules to pull the vessel.



And the Brits being the clever mofos they are, here’s a towpath crossover so the horse leads don’t have to be unhooked at a bridge where the towpath switches sides of the canal:

(Note the cobblestone pavers so the hoofs could get traction)

"A couple of brothers make breakfast. Covington, Louisiana, 1985"



Any y'all know these baws?

Looks like my uncles that no one messed with!

those cars in the kfc parking lot look like 1940s

Notice how the graffiti is mostly tic-tac-toe. None of the abstract crazy lettering and four-letter words that you see over the last 40-50 years.

I often wonder when looking at graffiti on rail cars how much money was spent to paint something illegible and unidentifiable. If they had put that money (assuming they didn’t steal the paint) into something productive, they likely would have a better life. Rant over.

Pennsylvania 1890s

1910, Building a subway

Not yet 9:00 am and that advertisement makes me want to go for the gusto!

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Florida cracker cow.

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that's where the term originated, nothing racial about it