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   Message 136,370 of 137,311   
   Scott Dorsey to Keith F. Lynch   
   Re: Longest plan   
   22 Nov 24 14:25:07   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   >I was just reading about the fact that Ben Franklin had a trust fund   
   >he intended to be liquidated 200 years after his death.  And it was.   
   >   
   >That makes me wonder what was the slowest plan that has ever been   
   >successfully carried out according to schedule.   
      
   The Plan Of Man, from the Reefs of Space by Fred Pohl.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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