re: #33 The Vicious Babushka

I still see this utterly fucked up meme, because people are stupid==>

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What they called “schools” for most kids only went to 4th grade. 8th grade in more prosperous towns.

I’d hesitate to say we had “roads”. The whole reason Eisenhower got the idea for the Interstate Highways is because in 1919 he was part of an Army Convoy from Washington DC (departing July 7) to San Francisco (arrived September 5).

In the course of its journey, the convoy broke and repaired[21] wooden bridges[2]:10 (14 in Wyoming),[22] and “practically” all roadways were unpaved from Illinois through Nevada.[1]:4 The convoy travelled up to 32 mph (51 km/h),[10] and the schedule was for 18 mph (29 km/h)[23]:111 to average 15 mph (24 km/h).[24] The actual average for the 3,250 mi (5,230 km) covered in 573.5 hours[25] was 5.65 mph (9.09 km/h) over the 56 travel days for an average of 10.24 hours per travel day. Six rest days without convoy travel were at East Palestine, Ohio; Chicago Heights, Illinois; Denison, Iowa; North Platte, Nebraska; Laramie, Wyoming; and Carson City, Nevada. The shortest driving periods between control points were from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Omaha, Nebraska (2 hrs for 5 mi) and Delphos, Ohio, to Fort Wayne, Indiana (6 hrs for 51 mi), while 4 days had average speeds over 9 mph (14 km/h): E Palestine OH to Wooster OH (9 hr for 83 mi), South Bend IN to Chicago Heights Il (83/4 hr for 80 mi), Jefferson IA to Denison IA (71/2 hr for 68 mi), and Anderson’s Ranch NV to Ely NV (8 hr for 77 mi).[25]

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