Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/16
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At 9:46 PM -0700 12/16/00, John Collier wrote:
>Ha! Next you will be telling us that 500 kilos of feathers weighs the same
>as 500 kilos of lead!
>
>John Collier
>
>> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>>
>> OT: speaking as a physics major with an engineering PhD, I can assure
>> you that keeping 500 pounds of canaries in the air does not change
>> the load on the undercarriage of a truck. 'tis a bird blivet no matter
>> how you arrange it.
Welllll..... 500 pounds of feathers weigh the same as 500 pounds of
lead. But. 500 kilos is metric, and everybody knows that 500 metres
of lead are not the same as 500 metres of feathers, and that applies
even more to 500 kilo-metres.
I think the canaries are winning on this thread, but at least it's
non-political, non-violent (watch that you don't step on those birds)
and contains no ethnic slurs. However, until now it lacked Leicas
(back on topic).
Sorry, I have to go back and try to sort some of those Amazon and
Galapagos bird pictures I took.
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