It is a temporal universal that people never appreciate their own time, especially transportation. Twentieth-Century contemps complained about cancel… - Connie Willis

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It is a temporal universal that people never appreciate their own time, especially transportation. Twentieth-Century contemps complained about cancelled flights and gasoline prices, Eighteenth-Century contemps complained about muddy roads and highwaymen. No doubt Professor Peddick’s Greeks complained about recalcitrant horses and chariot wheels falling off.