Re: 336 access from Birmingham Cable

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From: Keith Stanbury
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 00:00

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In article <32a9dde4.57790570@news.demon.co.uk>, Richard Sobey
<richard@conad.demon.co.uk> writes
>On Wed, 04 Dec 1996 10:51:16 GMT, Andrew@gebbie.demon.co.uk (Andrew
>Gebbie) told everyone about:
>
>>1.  Sid, because two 5kg things both fall at the same rate.  Somebody
>>proved this while making the tower of Pisa lean over, didn't they?
>
>In which case, the feathers will win, won't they. If they get dropped
>first, and your Pisa argument is correct, and they both weigh 5kg,
>then they fall at the same rate, thus hitting the ground at
>proportional times from their release.
>
>Unless you want to bring wind resistance into the equation.. any
>physicists here?
>

aaah..... but what *if* the feathers are still attached to live birds?

(Richard, your sig. file edit line  needs modifying - see below)

>---
>Richard Sobey
><richard@conad.demon.co.uk>
><http://www.conad.demon.co.uk>

-- 
Keith

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From: Keith Stanbury <keith@ilf0rd.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: 336 access from Birmingham Cable
Date: 1996/12/06
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