Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

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The Amazing Secret Behind Subway Fare Evasion Posted: 12 Jul 2012 07:00 AM PDT I’d always thought how silly it was for city transit systems to waste time chasing people who skip paying their subway fare.  I mean, in Boston, an MBTA ride generally costs $2. What a lot of effort to expend in order to save a couple of bucks. But then a friend explained to me yesterday [...]

The Surprising Story of How Rope Was Made in the Old Days Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:05 AM PDT Boston, being a former important seaport, was the site of large rope-manufacturing firms. In the old days, you had to have a lot of rope to operate ships. Rope making  firms built extremely long, narrow buildings (1/4 mile long) called ropewalks, where the rope would be made by hand by workers who twisted the strands. [...]

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