Jack of Harts

People say the world we live in now is built on seemingly tiny choices people made hundreds or thousands of years ago. Railroad tracks are based on the width of the axel of a Roman carriage for instance. Aircars are built to roll on roads designed for the Ford Model T. And space going homes are built to the same 10 by 80 feet dimensions as mobile homes nearly as old. And yes, I did use the term feet. The American federal government went metric long before my time, but there are still many areas of America that have never made the leap. Remember those tiny choices that people made I was talking about? Yeah…