A little teaser for you…
Which advance in automotive engineering – had it come into widespread use sooner than it actually did – might well have completely changed the course of twentieth century history?
Answer to follow… Let’s see if someone gets there before I post it!
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How about Sat Nav? It makes me change course so why not history? Maybe a battle or two could have been avoided if one or other of the armies had been sent to the wrong place!
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Very good! I like it…
Not the answer I was looking for though – which will be posted later today…
Andy
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Having read your very interesting answer I maintain I was right! If they hadn’t taken that fateful wrong turn (aided by their Sat Nav) they wouldn’t have had to reverse!
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Well – I can’t really argue with that – though strictly it wouldn’t just be an automotive advance – since the satellite component would require the space programme also to have happened…
Best attempt though…
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Well if you’re going to be picky….
In the dim and distant, having had to operate for some time without a reverse gear, I recall the reverse manoeuvre was managed by opening the door, sticking a leg out and shoving. I don’t suppose the Archduke and Mrs Archduke were up to that in their ermine slippers! Hence the world went to war.
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Precisely! Hence the origin of the phrase ‘too posh to push…’!
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