On Apr 29, 9:54 pm, Peter Hendra wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:03:24 +0000, Larry wrote:

I have a picture of Mark Twain, one of Nikola Tesla's favorite friends,
holding a lit flourescent tube in his hand in Tesla's workshop with no
wires....(c; The picture is on the net.

Larry

Would you be so kind as to post or send the URL to my email address?
He is one person who I would really like to have met. When he was
broke, he undertook a speaking tour of the world in order to improve
his finances and pay off his debts. He came down this way (actually
'down there' as I'm about to leave Trinidad) and talked to packed
houses. I'm only 59 and missed him by a few years.

What I admire is his cynicism - not the current negative view of the
term as a sneering deprication but the original - one who sees what
is, not what should be. Hemingway wrote that all American literature
starts with Mark Twain. I can see why someone like Tesler would enjoy
his friendship.

Peter

PS: Telsa was a fool. Brilliant, but lacking in seeing what is, and
fighting for what will never be. It cost him billions.

Joe