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The Biggest, Heaviest Thing You Pulled
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slowrev
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Sort of a Henro thought here... Would there be any effect on the earths rotation at all if every vehicle on earth popped their clutch at the same instant while pointed in the same direction ? Probably not, just a thought that probably comes from working 80 hours a week for a couple of weeks.... Or if every MIL walked in the same direction at the same instant ?
Bob_Skurka
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Sort of a Henro thought here... if every MIL walked in the same direction at the same instant ?
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The bigger question is, will the earth break in half if every MIL jumped off of a chair at the same time?
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The bigger question is, will the earth break in half if every MIL jumped off of a chair at the same time?
MadDog
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This thread has now evolved to the point where I can contribute to it.
Over thirty years ago, I was principal counsel for one of the defendants in the case involving large numbers of glass panels in the curtain wall of the 60 story John Hancock tower in Boston, that were breaking and falling from the building.
One morning, I was talking at breakfast about the case with a young lady whom I had found the previous evening at a dating bar (and whom I had decided was not the brightest of bulbs), and she asked me what was causing the failures.
I explained that part of the cause was negative windloads, and that the Hancock Tower, which has a footprint somewhat like a parallelogram, acted like a gigantic airplane wing when there was a strong wind from the Northwest, creating negative pressures (partial vacuums) on certain parts of the curtain wall.
That much was true, but I couldn't resist elaborating a bit. I explained that on very windy days, the amount of "lift" exerted on the building was so immense that it was slightly increasing the angle of the earth's axis, which might eventually change the climate everywhere, increasing the extent of the polar regions and narrowing the tropics.
The young lady was most indignant; she said "that's terrible, they shouldn't be allowed to build buildings like that!"
....perhaps it is only co-incidence, but that did not turn out to be a lasting relationship. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Over thirty years ago, I was principal counsel for one of the defendants in the case involving large numbers of glass panels in the curtain wall of the 60 story John Hancock tower in Boston, that were breaking and falling from the building.
One morning, I was talking at breakfast about the case with a young lady whom I had found the previous evening at a dating bar (and whom I had decided was not the brightest of bulbs), and she asked me what was causing the failures.
I explained that part of the cause was negative windloads, and that the Hancock Tower, which has a footprint somewhat like a parallelogram, acted like a gigantic airplane wing when there was a strong wind from the Northwest, creating negative pressures (partial vacuums) on certain parts of the curtain wall.
That much was true, but I couldn't resist elaborating a bit. I explained that on very windy days, the amount of "lift" exerted on the building was so immense that it was slightly increasing the angle of the earth's axis, which might eventually change the climate everywhere, increasing the extent of the polar regions and narrowing the tropics.
The young lady was most indignant; she said "that's terrible, they shouldn't be allowed to build buildings like that!"
....perhaps it is only co-incidence, but that did not turn out to be a lasting relationship. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Hey, I think I dated her sister when I was in college.
Everytime this girl would take a drink of water out of a water fountain, she'd say, "Mmmmmm. Nummy, nummy." /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Our relationship didn't last long either! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Everytime this girl would take a drink of water out of a water fountain, she'd say, "Mmmmmm. Nummy, nummy." /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Our relationship didn't last long either! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
JazzDad
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OK, it's now official: this has become the most divaricated thread on TBN. Thanks to all who were a part of this momentous occasion!
slowrev
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Had to get out my dictionary on that one /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif After careful research I have to agree.
Bob_Skurka
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Heck, I didn't realize we ever got off topic.
What did I miss?
What did I miss?
ScottAR
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Pulled an old school bus once. No MIL's involved as I don't have one. Enough spiders and snakes to start a zoo though. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I doubt I could do it again since all the tires are now flat thanks to some hoodlums setting the bus on fire for me... /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
MadDog
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slowrev: I think that it was already that before I removed it still further from the original topic. The trick is to shift the topic in small stages, so that no response is entirely unrelated to what has gone before. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
In that spirit (and bearing in mind that we were gradually departing from tractors and approaching astro-physics /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ) here's a thought, gleaned from an old Mad Magazine parody of Ripley's Believe it or Not. I challenge anyone to build on on this WITHOUT indulging in non-sequitur, since the more you think about it, the less it means:
"Did you know that although the Moon is only one quarter the size of the Earth, it is several times further away?"
...think about it. Or better yet, don't think about it. Either way you will get to the same point. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
In that spirit (and bearing in mind that we were gradually departing from tractors and approaching astro-physics /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif ) here's a thought, gleaned from an old Mad Magazine parody of Ripley's Believe it or Not. I challenge anyone to build on on this WITHOUT indulging in non-sequitur, since the more you think about it, the less it means:
"Did you know that although the Moon is only one quarter the size of the Earth, it is several times further away?"
...think about it. Or better yet, don't think about it. Either way you will get to the same point. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
