People keep tagging me in a new dress by the company Fanciful doll because it has beetles on it and I love a good twirly dress with puff sleeves. But the beetle print is AI so it’s a hard no from me. The beetles have 10 legs which really irritates my autism and love for accuracy.

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If you’ve made it this far, consider the AARoads Wiki, the one-stop shop for discovering all things road-related and geeky! wiki.aaroads.com (for those who don’t know, the US roads Wikipedia editors broke away from WP ages ago, but I’ve already told that story elsewhere)

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He also found that such a structure could be made without needing skilled masons- the layers could be made with rocks of any shape, and as long as they were the right size, they could be compacted into a smooth running surface (didn't even need a roller, ordinary traffic would compact it just fine)

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McAdam found that if the design was good at drainage and kept the soil below dry, then deep layers of stone were just not needed, as the soil underneath could take a lot more load than previously thought without the road sinking in As SciAm put it, you'd respect the soil instead of removing it

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And sure, as chief of Highland Roads and Bridges and later as director of the Holyhead Road Commission, his methods spread across the UK, but there’s one big thing yet to be done away with: These roads are still skilled stonework foremost, and soil is never relied on for support Enter John McAdam

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