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minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 month agoAt least canals are still useful to have around for recreational watersports.
minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·1 month agoThe Internet has ruined me because I can’t read the word “watersports” without thinking of the fetish anymore.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 month agoGooned* from the Olde English “guined” —an easy mix-up
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoRight, that’s what the canals are useful for, what did you think they meant?
minus-squareWalleyeWarrior@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month agoNot really. Most of these old canals were only a couple yards/meters wide and dried up 100 years ago.
minus-squareSparroHawc@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIf they’re only a couple meters wide, how the heck are they supposed to fit watercraft?
minus-squareWalleyeWarrior@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoThe barges were just a little less than a few meters wide. The manpower to build a 100km long canal that is 2.5-3 meters wide is substantially less than what it takes to dig one 8 meters wide in the era before steam shovels.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAhh that sucks, we have quite a few of ours still
At least canals are still useful to have around for recreational watersports.
The Internet has ruined me because I can’t read the word “watersports” without thinking of the fetish anymore.
Ruined?
Gooned*
from the Olde English “guined” —an easy mix-up
Right, that’s what the canals are useful for, what did you think they meant?
Not really. Most of these old canals were only a couple yards/meters wide and dried up 100 years ago.
But are they only 3 feet deep? /s
If they’re only a couple meters wide, how the heck are they supposed to fit watercraft?
The barges were just a little less than a few meters wide. The manpower to build a 100km long canal that is 2.5-3 meters wide is substantially less than what it takes to dig one 8 meters wide in the era before steam shovels.
Ahh that sucks, we have quite a few of ours still
And transportation