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> More of interest, Pat is working on *Space Tourism* in Japan.
> 
> Guess who'll have the furst space hotel?

\It will be owned by Japanese corporations.
/
\But the staff will be British.

/(Hey, Dave, if jobs are tight in astronomy, you could get a job as
\concierge.  And do astronomy in your off hours, in the hotel's parking
/lot...)

Hmmph. The staff will be British. 

Hidden in this statement is the implied "the cooks will be
British" which means that whoever builds the second space 
hotel will have a good chance of putting the Japanese out
of business.

"Oh, you mean you're dehydrated from spacesickness? Well,
we have lukewarm tap water or lukewarm stout. Which'll
it be?"

"Ice? We're hoping we can get some up for the next time Halley
comes by..."

\Bill Higgins, Beam Jockey              | "Enough marshmallows
/Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory  | will kill you 
\Bitnet:           HIGGINS@FNAL.BITNET  | if properly placed."
/Internet:       HIGGINS@FNAL.FNAL.GOV  | --John Alexander, leader of
\SPAN/Hepnet:           43011::HIGGINS  | "disabling technologies"
/ [*Aviation Week*, 7 Dec 1992, p. 50]  | research, Los Alamos

Placed with what? A railgun?
-- 
Phil Fraering
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