The early wheel: Solid, wooden and round versus spoked, wooden and round?

12-11-07 | Dean Baker

[fish hawk]

Both wrong. According to Fred Flintstone, they were solid and made of stone.

[SunkenCiv]

This is a great topic, and I didn’t come inner tube be funny.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Fred!

[LexBaird]

I didn’t come inner tube be funny.

That would be quite a revolution. Wheel be the judge on if your humor was mere spinning, or stemmed from overinflated pun-ting. * 20" rim shot *

[SunkenCiv]

You’re rollin’ now!

This whole topic should be studied by the experts at PSI Miami.

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 12/10/2007, thanks Dean Baker. Not a ping, just an update.

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