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[Mike047]

Art replied "When Alan made the first of these strange objects, he maybe used the formula T = h × b × √(t × e) / c, but I think that it got replaced, when they should have understood:
•     T = Toast quality (crispiness, warmth, satisfaction)
•     h = Heat applied (in joules or toaster setting)
•     b = Bread density (grams per cubic cm)
•     t = Time in seconds
•     e = Efficiency of heat transfer (0–1 scale)
•     c = Crumb coefficient (how much the bread resists burning)
With an interpretation:

•     The more heat and time you apply, the toastier the result—but only if your bread is dense enough and your toaster is efficient.
•     A high crumb coefficient (e.g., fluffy white bread) lowers the final toastiness unless compensated by more heat or time.
•     √(t × e) introduces a nonlinear relationship—just like Einstein loved.
 

Both space and time are critical for the perfect result.

[kejedo]

Art was more interested in a formula for horse racing; he noticed his respiration seemed to match the hot horse that he was walking after a race.

[dljbsp]

Art froze mid-thought as the radio crackled to life, announcing that Brian Speedy had been retired to the great pasture beyond—news that made the toaster’s hum deepen into something that sounded eerily like a sigh.

[Mike047]

Dianne Dreyfuss, who is she, asked Art as a further announcement notified the listeners that she was co-owner of Brian's horse - and this was strange, because he discovered that there was no such person, so who really was his person?

[dljbsp]

A chill crept up Art’s spine as he realized the name wasn’t new — he’d seen it once before, scribbled in the corner of Brian’s old ledger beside a date that hadn’t yet come.

[kejedo]

Julie Krone had purchased, rather than claimed, Brian and predated the ledger using Diane's name as new owner.

Edited Friday at 12:40 AM by kejedo

[dljbsp]

Art leaned closer to the ledger, whispering, “Then where do we go from here?”

[Mike047]

"See, here", Julie said as she pointed to the opened ledger, "there are at ,least two pages missing, as you notice from the frayed edges between the folios, and they have been carefully removed by a sharp tool", so what does it mean?

[dljbsp]

Art stared at the frayed gap, then muttered, “Pages don’t vanish on their own — someone wanted this part of the story buried.”

[kejedo]

"See  you in Kentucky,"Art said to Julie as he doffed his derby.

[kejedo]

Julie thought she was having a nightmare, while Art said, "You probably believe that nightmare came from having a scary dream about a dark horse, but that's as incorrect as Brian's ownership deed; anyway Brian is a gelding now and that gives me bad dreams.

[dljbsp]

Art lowered his voice and said, “Julie… if Brian’s gone, and the deed was forged, and those pages were cut out, then someone didn’t just want the horse — they wanted whatever he was carrying before he died.”