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:shock: 2000 years ago, if you were there, how would you haul freight arond the world then? remember freight haulers were important in the spread of civilization. what about 150 years ago, would you be a mule skinner? think about it. i am interested in freight haulers throughout history. anyone know the word "haulage", "cartage", "local tarrif"?

My great great grandfather owned a business delivering goods by horse and carriage over 100 years ago,

He was killed by a team of horses and his wife had to sell the business

I always fancied the stories of the Dog Sled teams, or Wooden Tall Ships.
Garrr Arrrr Har har har....yar. .....nar..nar...http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...age_209191.gif

Turn the question around.....25, 50, 100 or 150 years from now what will be using to haul freight?

I saw a show not to long ago talking about just this. They had an interesting rail/container system that was fully automated and was planned to be built between the lanes of the nations interstates.

Another article I read about is "tube freight systems"....Tubes very much like the tubes at your drive through bank but on a much larger scale.

http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/fall94/p94au21.htm

Either way, I dont think our grandkids will be long haul truck drivers 50 years from now. I could see the need for local drivers lasting longer.

I think i read some books when i was very young that said we would have flying cars 20 th century . I'm still waiting for mine . lol

:lol: I read that Book too!
The Jetson's....by Hanna Barbera.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...nd10/index.gif

:lol: :lol:

I saw a show on TV a few months ago with a scientist saying that we'll have flying cars in the not so distant future. He already has a prototype. I disagree, I think it is just too dangerous. You see what people do in cars, imagine that in the air. It would have to be fully automated by computer, and good luck with all that.

We got the cars...just waiting on the Force Fields, and Molecular Partical Beam Transformers. (still having a problem with the Hiesenburg Compensators.)
I also want mine fitted with Phasers, and Photon Torpedo's......anna big screen TV.

I wanna Way Back Machine :P

Me too !! :D :twisted:

Hmm... yes, where are those flying cars?

The need for drivers will continue well into the next century, no doubt.

I remember driving through Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and seeing the Amish people who embrace the simple life, driving in their black horse drawn carriages.

Suddenly, I happened upon one that was holding up traffic, dragging behind him what looked to be the front fender from of a car, ignoring the honks of other drivers, and he simply would not get out of the way. But this one was actually painted white, and had blue and silver trimming.

When I finally got past it I saw a sign painted on the side of it, which read:

SWIFT
Phoenix, AZ.
:P