Posted on 03/22/2023 5:33:36 AM PDT by Scooter100
When my father (b.1924, d.2017) was in his teens, it was a big event to finally be able to borrow the family horse and wagon to go into town on a Saturday night. Early Sunday morning, Dad recalled he would invariably fall asleep on the return trip home, only to wake up with the wagon and horse standing beside his house. It turns out that the horse knew the 6-mile route by heart and would simply carry on while Dad snoozed on the buckboard. Today, they get all excited about "self-driving" cars. Big deal. Nothing new!
I wish I could claim horse sense. I don’t think I’m that smart.
My grandfather started a business back in 1908. Horse and wagon to make delivery’s. One day one of the drivers could not make it to work so my grandfather took over the route.
The horse knew the route and made all the stops including a saloon that was not a customer... : )
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