Exactly. An axe can do so much more compared to a hammer. But you have to
tune it and maintain it, something you do not have to do with the hammer.
So a hammer will last much longer than an axe, quod erat demonstrandum.
Denys
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
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Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:38 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Explanation for longevity?
Much harder to take your foot off with a hammer ;-)
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Of Denys Beauchemin
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 9:34 AM
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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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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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