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Re: mass of flying things
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:03:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Koudys writes:
> There's that old story about the seafaring captain whose vessel was maxed
> out at 100 tonnes for cargo--but he could cary 200 tonnes of birds *if* he
> could guarantee that at least half of them would be in the air at the same
> time.
I hope it wasn't just one 200 ton bird--that would really roc the boat.
I'm also put in mind of the ship that struck an iceberg while carrying a
cargo of yo-yos. It sank 158 times.
Dave!
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| (...) There's that old story about the seafaring captain whose vessel was maxed out at 100 tonnes for cargo--but he could cary 200 tonnes of birds *if* he could guarantee that at least half of them would be in the air at the same time. Dave K (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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