Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote:
> 
> 
> Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>> Ron Hitler Barrassi wrote:
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>>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ernest Schaal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> in article apjb111jq9usblq1742go3h6duj9ihfj19@4ax.com, Michael Cash at
>>>>> mikecash@buggerallspammers.com wrote on 2/18/05 8:20 PM:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:11:53 +0900, Ernest Schaal
>>>>>> <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets
>>>>>> inscribed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Frankly, when I read your message about why you stay in Japan, I 
>>>>>>> felt sorry
>>>>>>> for you. Stasis is not a fun reason to stay here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I meant it as an answer as to why Rev. Ed is still here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But when you come right down to it, being settled in any location
>>>>>> involves stasis. So what does it matter whether stasis has overtaken
>>>>>> me here or elsewhere? I'm just as content right where I am right now
>>>>>> as I imagine I would be anywhere else.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry if I read too much into your answer. Stasis involves conflicting
>>>>> forces, and I took it to mean that you were caught in the middle of 
>>>>> those
>>>>> conflicting forces.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You are in stasis most of the time. As you sit in your chair, it is 
>>>> pushing up against you with the exact same force with which gravity 
>>>> pulls you down.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Are you a good or even moderately competent lawyer? I certainly hope so.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry that I can't write a longer reply, but my chair is pushing up 
>> against me with a force greater than that of gravity's pull upon me, 
>> so I am slowly drifting away from my keyboard into the strato.......
> 
> 
> I'M SHOUTING SO YOU CAN HEAR ME.
> 
> AS THE CHAIR WAS PUSHING WITH A FORCE THEN IT HAS PROBABLY NOW EXPLODED. 

No, the chair is remarkably intact and continues to push up against me 
with a force that is a function of my mass times the acceleration of 
gravity.

> LOOK OUT FOR BITS OF CHAIR FLYING TOWARDS YOU. NEXT TIME INVEST IN A 
> CHAIR MADE FROM ELASTIC MATERIAL.

I prefer my Chippendale. (uh oh, Jeff, the cat's out of the bag!)

- Kevin