My Sainted Irish grandfather drove garbage "dray" in Santa Cruz, CA shortly
before the turn of the 20th century. The local paper has an article about his
wild driving leading to a road accident. He was, ahem, speeding.
It was daylight, but I suspect the dray was outfitted with a lantern and a
candle, which still serves as a Lucas headlamp, does it not???
Terry ('59 TR3A TS 58667)
New Hampshire
> My grandfather whose listed occupation was "Drayman" would have liked to
> know that.
>
> Joe
> Yabbut, a dray is a horsedrawn cart used for deliveries, that was often
> drawn by two horses. Two horspower is approximately 1,492 watts, while two
> headlamps on high beam draw about 1,440 watts, so you were pretty darn
> close!
>
> Mike (who is bored this afternoon)
>
>
>
> > That should be Draw not Dray. Spell checkers don't consider context.
> >
> > Joe
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