Basically, Hal was picking up on the following:
"Twenty-three people died and 10 were injured when an elevated magnetic train ploughed into a
maintenance vehicle in north-western Germany. "
"In August, a fire broke out on a Transrapid elevated magnetic train in Shanghai, adding to
concerns about the safety of the technology."
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "andrew burke" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 3:41 AM
Subject: Re: "Maglev Sonnet"
> The BBC is not welcome in China so I can't read it, Roger. Sorry.
>
> Andre de Linfen
>
>
> On 23/09/06, Roger Collett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Not too sure about fun Andrew,
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5370564.stm
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "andrew burke" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 2:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: "Maglev Sonnet"
>>
>>
>> > bloody great fun, Hal - thanks for the entertainment. I loved the
>> > image of a 'fire' in a sonnet - there's one in this one! a creative
>> > flame oft times missing from many 'serious' attempts.
>> >
>> > I put my vote Fred's way.
>> >
>> > Andrew
>> >
>> >
>> >> >
>> >> > This is delightful, Hal, but I wish, no pun intended, it ended with more
>> >> > of a bang -- "sonnet" reappearing as the last word seems flat. Maybe
>> >> > something like "After last month's crash of the Shanghai Vilannele, /
>> >> > This is another blow for magnetic levitation" [no hyphen]?
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
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