[mch82]

> Like a world that never got past the horse and buggy

At lunch one day a colleague explained that the size of the space shuttle could be linked to the width of two horses walking on a Roman road :-)

One of my favorite lunch breaks of all time.

[qup]

Give us the recap

[mrec]

http://www.astrodigital.org/space/stshorse.html

I'd be very leery of trusting the specifics too much. E.g. the reference to "Roman war chariots", which are not a thing the Romans ever used.

Snopes entry: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/railroad-gauge-chariots/

[qup]

Nice, so dude was actually just reciting an email FWD he studied to sound interesting.

God, I had forgotten about those email FWDs. The old people I know totally abandoned email.

[KyeRussell]

That’s a bit cynical and dickish. Maybe he just read it, found it enjoyable, and remembered it? God.