You've obviously never used an axe in your life. Are they banned in
Britain as well as knives, forks and other weapons?
Denys
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Tune it? Maintain it? Ah, I see. You're thinking of 'axe' as in electric
guitar.....
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In message <001001cbdffb$4c0b85c0$e4229140$@net>, Denys Beauchemin
<[log in to unmask]> writing at 08:47:50 in his/her local time opines:-
>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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>Of Jack Connor
>Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:38 AM
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>
>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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>I was very specific; I said hammer, not axe. An axe is a much more
>sophisticated device.
>
>Denys
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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?
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>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."
>
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