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   From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm   
      
   On 15 Mar 2017 03:35:20 GMT, Dan C wrote:   
   >   
   > On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 09:52:45 -0800, Paul S. Person wrote:   
   >   
   > > On 26 Feb 2017 03:56:19 GMT, Dan C  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >>On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:36:03 -0800, Paul S. Person wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:13:42 +0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein   
   > >>>  wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>>In alt.fan.tolkien Dan C  wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>>> And the pit is not bottomless.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>The way it's described,it is functionally so.   
   > >>>>No mortal could survive trying to reach the bottom,   
   > >>>>or find a way back up.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Now, here we agree: to all intents and purposes, it is bottomless.   
   > >>   
   > >>Which changes nothing, in regards to the engineering task of crossing   
   > >>the gap.   
   > >   
   > > Oh, I don't know.   
   > >   
   > > If it were only, say, five feet deep, that would seem to simplify the   
   > > problem.   
   >   
   > Well, that's a pretty silly exaggeration.   
   >   
   > So, once again, back to the point.  Would it be any easier to cross if it   
   > were only 10,000 meters deep, rather than "bottomless"?   
      
   Or 10 meters deep?   
      
   There you go again, using logic!   
      
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