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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2010-09-25

A letter from civil engineer and transportation pioneer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (b. 1806-04-09, d. 1859-09-15) to the owners of Swindon Railway Station, December 1842:

Dear Sir,

I assure you Mr Player [the manager] was wrong in supposing that I thought you purchased inferior coffee. I thought I said to him that I was surprised you should buy such bad roasted corn. I did not believe that you had such a thing as coffee in the place; I am certain that I never tasted any. I have long ceased to make complaints at Swindon. I avoid taking anything there when I can help it.

Yours faithfully,

I K Brunel.

[Found by way of author's note at end of the "Lovelace and Babbage vs the Organist, Pt 6" episode of the allegedly-not-a-comic-strip 2D Goggles]

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