Graywolf mentioned:
Come to think of it, still around when I was a kid: steam locamotives,
Street cars, orange crates, Great Lakes freighters, local ammusment parks,
flat-head engines, propeller airliners, etc. All those things were pretty
much gone by 1960. And many of the things we take for granted now did not
exist. And I am not even old, quite yet.
Coming soon, to an energy-guzzling country near you: horse-drawn vehicles.
Pat responds:
Gone by 1960? You can still see some of those things in Toronto in 2006.
Big freighters still ply the Great Lakes, docking often at TO (Toronto),
propeller airliners (Bombardier Dash-7 and Dash-8 turboprops) take off and
land every day at Toronto Island Airport, with passengers taking the
400-foot ferry ride from the foot of Bathurst Street (world's shortest ferry
ride, I'm told), and last but not least, Toronto's streetcars are an
integral part of the transit system.
Toronto's not in a time warp. This is technology that still works
effectively.
Pat White
