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zenthing t1_jade2hw wrote

Seat heaters were a well-respected job in old drafty castles. Royalty would hire both men and women who were particularly thick and have them sit in chairs ahead of arrival into that room. This was especially useful for banquets as they would serve as a seat holder, allowing the nobles to arrive fashionably late and still have a good spot for dinner. In the late 1890s, William Hoskins invented the heating coil, which caused mass unemployment in this industry.

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nobody_in_here t1_jaddzlc wrote

If by thought of running a cyclist over you mean, "omg I almost hit this person" because they're riding on a very hilly two lane highway and you can't see them past the hills or they can't keep a straight line and veer into the road when you get to a good point to pass them. I don't think of hitting people but cyclists seem to enjoy playing road roulette.

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