Re:The Slackification of the American Home
by majewsky on Thursday July 25, 2019 @08:03AM
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> We put men on the moon before we put wheels on luggage.
This claim was so outlandish that I had to fact-check it. Wikipedia says:
> Luggage carriers [...] date at least to the 1930s [...] However, the wheels were external to the suitcases. [...] The first commercially successful rolling suitcase was invented in 1970.
It appears you're technically correct. The best kind of correct.
Re:The Slackification of the American Home
by TylerE on Thursday July 25, 2019 @12:08PM
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It's even whackier that it took them another 17 years to figure out the optimal design - the first two-wheeler with an extending handle didn't hit the market until 1987.
This claim was so outlandish that I had to fact-check it. Wikipedia says:
> Luggage carriers [...] date at least to the 1930s [...] However, the wheels were external to the suitcases. [...] The first commercially successful rolling suitcase was invented in 1970.
It appears you're technically correct. The best kind of correct.