At 01:05 PM 2/18/2005 -0800, Frank Mayhar wrote: >Philip Hart wrote: > > The reference was to the death of the Superconducting Supercollider, > > parts of which are buried forever beneath the sands of Waxahachie. > >"Beneath the sands of Waxahachie." > >Wait, "sands?" Thick black expansion clay soil, mostly, the bane of slab foundations. Or limestone in places.