Much harder to take your foot off with a hammer ;-)

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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Denys Beauchemin
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Explanation for longevity?

I was very specific; I said hammer, not axe.  An axe is a much more
sophisticated device.

Denys

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From: Roy Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:21 AM
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Cc: Denys Beauchemin
Subject: [HP3000-L] Explanation for longevity?

In message <001d01cbdf74$20b786d0$62269470$@net>, Denys Beauchemin
<[log in to unmask]> writing at 16:40:16 in his local time opines:-
>What I am trying to say is that devices that do very little can last a very
>long time.  Think hammer, for example.

"Yes, this is the actual axe that Washington had on his farm. Of course,
it's had a couple of new handles over time, and maybe a new head; but
it's the very axe that George Washington himself used."

--
Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris

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