On May 6, 2005, at 6:39 AM, Keith Henson wrote:
At 02:52 AM 06/05/05 -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
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This reminds me of the Ballad of John Henry. You might or might not know it; the story is that John Henry, who worked on railroads in the 1900s, was faced with a steam-driven track laying machine, and he refused to accept the premise that the machine was superior to human ability. So he placed a bet: He would lay a mile of track before the machine could.
Please excuse my annoyance, but taking the very first Google link on "John Henry" would have taken you here:
http://www.ibiblio.org/john_henry/
Please excuse *my* annoyance, but the title of the note very clearly suggests I was referring to the LEGEND of John Henry, not the facts behind his story.
-- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror" http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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