On May 6, 2005, at 4:51 PM, Keith Henson wrote:
At 11:50 AM 06/05/05 -0400, Maru wrote:
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He was referring to the popular legends/tall tales (not sure which; both seem to apply) of Henry; not the historical facts. Every popular depiction, cartoons, videos, shows, childrens' books, etc I've seen, they all depict it as driving spikes into the ground to fasten down rails.
Anyone who has ever paid the slightest attention when walking near a railroad track knows that spikes are driven into the wooden ties rather than into the ground.
Wow, it seems we have a budding Erik in our midst.
It astonishes me that anyone can overlook ten grafs of commentary on what "consciousness" means to get so anal retentive over a frickin' myth.
-- 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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