Xah Lee's Unixism

[Morten Reistad]

In article <41386155$0$19713$61fed72c at news.rcn.com>,
 <jmfbahciv at aol.com> wrote:
>In article <kg08hc.bgc1.ln at via.reistad.priv.no>,
>   Morten Reistad <firstname at lastname.pr1v.n0> wrote:
>>In article <41376B82.C6A202FC at yahoo.com>,
>>CBFalconer  <cbfalconer at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>Peter Hansen wrote:
>>>> Brian {Hamilton Kelly} wrote:
>>>>> wyrmwif at tango-sierra-oscar-foxtrot-tango.fake.org "SM Ryan" wrote:

>>ISTR there was some tunnel NASA had to relate to if they wanted
>>to move the goods from production to launch. But that may have been
>>earlier products. 
>>
>>But rail tunnels are also descended from the same asses, so to speak. 
>
>There was a city getting restored in Turkey that JMF and I visited;
>I cannot remember its name other than it's in the New Testament
>written by Paul.  It was one of most fascinating places I'd ever
>been other than aquariums and zoos.  There are ruts in the
>stone-block pavements caused by running carts to/from harbor/city.
>We were told that these ruts were worn down by usage.  I always
>wanted to get a big stone and spend 5 min/day rubbing it to see
>if the claim was true.

Just visit my old gymnasium (aka "High School", but that loses part
of the concept). 320 pupils entering and leaving 14-18 times a day
wears down asphalt in 2 years, sandstone in 10 and granite in 100. 

-- mrr