While at the
Bedford Hills Diner with some
friends late one night, we discovered that we could learn a little bit of
history just by drinking
coffee. While adding the
sugar to our coffee, I noticed that the back of the
Domino sugar
packet had information regarding
historical ships. Here's an
example:
The Great Republic
Designed and built by Donald Mackay and launched in 1853. The largest of all 4 masted clipper ships and the largest wooden ship ever built, she was 325 feet long and boasted a beam 53 feet wide. Burned to the water line in a tragic fire before her maiden voyage, old sailors still speculate on how fast she would have been.
Now, the question arises:
Why are there these little
factoids on sugar packets in a diner in a little town in
NY State, where people
hang out because there's
nothing else to do at
3 in the morning?
I don't know.