Right you are, Charles+!
No matter how much effort you put into moving the teenager or possum, they
exert a GREATER resistance. Hey! We may have found something better that a
perpetual motion machine--something that puts out more energy than is put
in!
John+
----- Original Message -----
From: "charles scott" <charlesrscott@...>
To: <faithandlife@...>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 8:27 AM
Subject: [FaithandLife] urban myths
> --------- Original Message ---------
>
> DATE: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:08:14
> John Longcamp" wrote:
>
> >One I know to be wrong for sure: "Oak trees do not produce acorns until
they
> >are fifty years of age or older."
> >
> >We have lived in our present home 26 years. Shortly after moving in I
>bought a number of small oak trees. That is, small enough to be growing in
> >1 gallon containers and portable in my Dodge Omni. All have been
bearing >acorns for 5-10 years. These trees are now over 1 foot in diameter
and
> >30-40 feet tall.
> >
> >More uban myths?
> >
> >John+
> >
> --------------------------------
>
> John+
>
> One urban myth you may have heard in a highschool physics or science class
goes like this:
>
> "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction."
>
> >From experience we know this is not true if you have ever tried to
> 1) raise a teenager in time for school or
>
> 2) remove a possum from a flower bed.
>
> Charles+
>
>
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