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17 feet, made

I had a ridiculous day today. It was one crazy thing after another and I never stopped running. I was reduced to eating a piece of cold leftover pizza for lunch on the go. My feet hurt.

Here, though, is someone who has things totally under control. It’s Fred Hansen ’63, and although it’s undated and the location is unclear the photographer noted all the truly important data on the front:

Bonus: Earlier in the day I found myself in the basement of Ryon Lab, where I saw this exemplary piece of unobsolete technology:

Unsurprisingly, it’s used to hit things. If you zoom in, you can see that the label on top reads “Presented to the Rice Institute by Cameron Iron Works.”

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