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minus-squareEryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 hours agoback in the day prisoners were put in rock quarries to pick axe rocks into smaller rocks. it did nothing useful but kept them busy and not sitting in a cell.
minus-squareTheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoThe little rocks were used to pave early automobile roads. That’s why most state department of transportation offices are located next to jails.
minus-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoExactly, we call those little rocks “gravel” and gravel has many uses.
back in the day prisoners were put in rock quarries to pick axe rocks into smaller rocks. it did nothing useful but kept them busy and not sitting in a cell.
The little rocks were used to pave early automobile roads. That’s why most state department of transportation offices are located next to jails.
Exactly, we call those little rocks “gravel” and gravel has many uses.