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TenFun Fact: People in the Old West used to attach lanterns to their saddles so that they could follow trails home easier at night.
It wasn't GPS, but it was...Saddle Light Navigation.
Eve, Go Listen to Dead Channel Sky@Ten Are you familiar with Rae the Doe? Comic with heavy pun-based humour, might be your vibe
also I clicked the fave star while groaning audibly, which is the highest impact a pun can have, so congrats on that
@EveOfTheFuture Nope, never heard of it before but I'll check it out!
Stephanie Jane ⓥ@EveOfTheFuture @Ten "I clicked the fave star while groaning audibly" - same here!
Vincarsi@Ten you made me groan out loud, so I had to inflict this on my hubby, too.
Business Benjesus christ
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Mike T.@Ten Fun fact: that joke is at least 60 years old. I remember hearing "Know why Russian cowboys can work at night and ours cannot? Because -they- have a saddle light."
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Ah, post-Sputnik, pre-Explorer.
Laurel Stvan@Ten Oh man!
John Francis@Ten I have bookmarked this so I can use it on my horse-loving daughter after I explain the basics of how GPS works with satellites 😀
@johnefrancis Nice! Lemme know how it goes!
Ms Bailey, Sound Production Arc@Ten I was going to mention something about how Cowboys were also the first to attach wireless telegraph technology to their lanterns, but I think I'll leave that story up to the pros.
Farah 🖖🏼🧶🏳️🌈@Ten Omg Ten!
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