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[John Foust]

At 10:41 AM 11/22/2010, Rich Alderson wrote:
> He received a telegram from the
>home office asking him to visit a customer in Texarkana who was having trouble
>with one of their products.  He telegraphed back that they should send someone
>from Chicago, since they were much closer to the customer.

Even today, Google Maps says the difference in Chicago's favor is 
13 hours 9 minutes versus 13 hours 32 minutes, but I bet you can drive
at a higher speed from El Paso than you can from Chicago.

- John