Quick Question...

[Burly567]

Why is the width between railroad rails 4' 8.5"????

 

[Steve H]

Why is the width between railroad rails 4' 8.5"????

That's going to keep me awake tonight...

 

[Larry1953]

Axle width of the Roman Chariots. Google is my friend...Sometimes.

 

[Burly567]

Axle width of the Roman Chariots. Google is my friend...Sometimes.

How did they come to use that measurement?

 

[JC in GB]

How did they come to use that measurement?

It was the width of a typical Roman horses ass.

 

[udaman]

 

[Burly567]

It was the width of a typical Roman horses ass.

When the English began building RR's they laid the tracks in the ruts of old chariot roads because that was the densest part of the road.

The America the English began building RR's here and brought the 4' 8.5' rail width.

And there you have it.0

 

[tx smoker]

Axle width of the Roman Chariots. Google is my friend...Sometimes.

Exactly, and I didn't need to Google it. I'm a history nut and somehow gained this totally useless knowledge at some point a few hundred years ago

Full of worthless info (some call it "trivia")
Robert

 

[tx smoker]

It was the width of a typical Roman horses ass.

Horse or wife?

Just curious....
Robert

 

[Burly567]

Horse or wife?

Just curious....
Robert

Maybe both????

 

[martin1950]

Why is the width between railroad rails 4' 8.5"????

You must be really bored w/ nothing to smoke. (on the grill)

 

[Burly567]

You must be really bored w/ nothing to smoke. (on the grill)

Yeah, pretty much. I have a wealth of useless information stuck in my skull.

 

[tx smoker]

I have a wealth of useless information stuck in my skull.

That makes two of us. I inherited it from my mother. She and I would sit there and play Jeopardy when it was on. I did OK but she did better than most of the contestants.

That was a long time ago,
Robert

 

[chopsaw]

That makes two of us. I inherited it from my mother. She and I would sit there and play Jeopardy when it was on. I did OK but she did better than most of the contestants.

That was a long time ago,
Robert

My kids have Jeopardy on one of the game consoles . All the useless BS questions on math and English I get smoked ( who really needs that crap ? ). One day it was 1960's TV , Presidential quotes , and Star Trek . It was on !!
Daughter said " Geez didn't know we had a closet Trekkie on our hands "

 

[Burly567]

My kids have Jeopardy on one of the game consoles . All the useless BS questions on math and English I get smoked ( who really needs that crap ? ). One day it was 1960's TV , Presidential quotes , and Star Trek . It was on !!
Daughter said " Geez didn't know we had a closet Trekkie on our hands "

I used to be Whiz at Trivial pursuit.

 

[tx smoker]

I used to be Whiz at Trivial pursuit.

I know what you mean. Nobody ever wanted me to play. I just had to sit back and drink beer wile watching everybody else play. The beer drinking was easy but the hard part was not blurting out the answer when somebody got stumped. Oh well....I still had fun and got to drink a lot of beer

Beer is proof that God wants me to be happy,
Robert

 

[Burly567]

I know what you mean. Nobody ever wanted me to play. I just had to sit back and drink beer wile watching everybody else play. The beer drinking was easy but the hard part was not blurting out the answer when somebody got stumped. Oh well....I still had fun and got to drink a lot of beer

Beer is proof that God wants me to be happy,
Robert

Confusius (sp) Say: Beer full of vitamin P