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[Rob Cozens]

Francis, et al:

> Draw a diagonal line
> across the top of your card deck with a biro, drop the deck on the 
> floor, and
> then put the deck back into 100% sequence with NO hassle !  Did it 
> often !

The closest I came to punched cards -- until "chaff" became part of the 
American political vocabulary -- was when I would visit the City of 
Oakland's D.P. Dept.

I always thought the reason BASIC (& COBOL?) program code had line 
numbers was one could just run the deck through the sorter if it fell 
on the floor.

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)