Xah Lee's Unixism

[Patrick Scheible]

Steve O'Hara-Smith <steveo at eircom.net> writes:

> On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 18:12:20 +0100
> "Stimpy" <stimpy1997uk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > jmfbahciv at aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> > 
> > There are many streets and paths in the UK still in everyday use where this
> > is the case!
> 
> 	There are stone stairs in my old school and in many college buildings
> that have deep curves worn into them by feet over a century or three.

Heh.  There are marble stairs with deep wear in them in the main
library at my school... only that particular building was only built
in 1925 or thereabouts.

-- Patrick