From: John Bashinski <jbash@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 07:03:02 +0800
To: amehta@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in (Arun Mehta)
Subject: Re: India, Productivity, and Tropical Climes
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> Didn't Mark Twain say that the coldest winter he had ever
> experienced was a summer in San Francisco?

Mark Twain also said (from memory, and probably not exact): "In India,
'cold weather' is merely a polite phrase used to distinguish weather
that will melt a brass doorknob from weather that will only make it mushy.".

Sorry, couldn't resist...

					-- John B.
					   Very near San Francisco