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Computer .....back after this message. (CHORDS) GK: One spring afternoon at the highway department..... TR: So----- Route 10 ---- haven't done anything there for awhile. TK: What you want to do? TR: We could repaint the center line. TK: We painted it in the fall. TR: What color? TK: White. TR: Let's make it yellow. How's the roadbed? Need patching? TK: No. Did that last fall too. TR: Too bad. ---We could always widen the shoulders. TK: Sounds good. TR: Between the shoulders and the center line, that pretty well takes care of her, don't it. TK: Yeah. TR: Where you want to put the detour? TK: How about County Road F? TR: Gravel? TK: You bet. TR: Beautiful. TK: How many cars a day nowadays on Route 10? TR: Got it right here on my computer. Just a sec. (POWER MUSIC) SS: Yes, when you need data fast, it's the Jujitsu 850 9L CPU from Anoka ---- 26 MB Ram, 160 Mhz processor, 2500 GDs, 14-2 RLF ratio, so it boots up in 4.2 seconds. TR: About twenty-two thousand. TK: WOW! When can we start? TR: We'll set up the barricades on Monday morning, start construction in about six weeks..... SS: When you need to know, make your data base the Jujitsu 850 9L CPU from Anoka........(MUSIC OUT) © 1998 BY GARRISON KEILLOR |
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