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poipoipoi-2016:

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kontextmaschine:

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kontextmaschine:

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Just realized the reason why mansion driveways end in those weird little loops is because horse-drawn carriages didn\u2019t have a reverse gear

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My dad briefly lived in a mansion with a weird driveway loop, which was built in the 1990s.

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Skeuomorphism?

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Yes, exactly, that\u2019s the angle that I\u2019m getting at, I\u2019m particularly thinking of all the Long Island, Westchester/Connecticut, and LA mansions that owe their existence to the automobile

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Do they still do big events with traffic problems and people pulling up to the gate in limos though?

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For big events they contract out valet service on the same basis they contract out catering

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