Transportation: Tube Travel?

My grandmother was born in 1913 and I remember her talking about the first people in our area to drive cars. There was a big hill (known as the Summer Shade hill) and on Sunday afternoons the young men would drive their cars to the hill to see who could make it all the way up it, and I suspect to see who couldn’t.

Grandma also talked about walking to school (no, not barefoot through the snow) and riding in a horse drawn buggy to church.

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It seems strange to think that in the course of her life time (she lived to be 89) she went from riding in a horse drawn carriage to flying across the country to visit her sister in an airplane. I’m sure when she was young she never imagined such a mode of transportation.

From horse and buggy to tube travel?

My son asked me a few days ago if I had ever heard of tube travel. I hadn’t so I looked it up and read about it. The only way I know to explain it to you is if you go to the bank and you send your money through a tube into the main bank. Somehow it is sucked magnetically through the tube into the bank. That’s a very simple version of how tube travel would work. Imagine if you can going from Washington D.C. to Beijing, China in 2 hours!

I can’t imagine getting into a tube and being sucked through space at speeds of 4,000 mph. Can you? But then again, my grandmother never dreamed of riding in an airplane. Stranger things have happened.

If you want to read more about tube travel you can do so here.

 

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6 Comments

  1. So sorry you never met your grandparents. I lost my mom in 1990 and she never got to meet 5 of her grandchildren. Wish they could have known her. Take care, Judy and thanks for writing!

  3. As many changes as our grandparents and even parents have seen in their lifetimes, don’t you think changes are happening even faster in our lives? Sadly though the practice of passing down oral history (and even written family history) seems to be a disappearing art and habit.
    You’d think technology would make it easier but people don’t take the time.

  4. It is great that you had the chance to interact with your grandmother Teresa. All my grandparents died before I was born. Oh, how the times have changed. If many persons who have died were to come back they would be amazed at all the changes that have taken place. Technology for instance just keeps making leaps and bounds. Awesome! Thanks for hosting and enjoy the rest of your week.

  5. Unfortunately my grandmother passed years ago. I sure hope you MIL maintains her health and you are able to ask her questions next time you visit! Thanks for commenting Rhonda!

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