On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Pam Blythe wrote:

> Crazy or crazed?  Was the history of Edison v. Tesla passed on through the
> generations or did you do some research on your own?
>
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> Tesla was also quite eccentric.
> ][<en Follett (formerly Sparky, raised by a tribe of crazy electricians)

I'm not an electrician, but I saw an article a some years back in the New
Yorker about the Edison Lab historic site in New Jersey, which mentioned
quite a few odd things about Edison's behavior.

Ever notice that in photos of Edison, he looks a bit rumpled?  According
to that article, he did not believe in taking baths, taking off his
clothes, or sleeping in a bed.  Instead, he slept fully dressed in a
storage closet on a pile of old newspapers.

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