Trebuchets- was Re: [Sca-cooks] Chinese tea

[Philippa Alderton]

Sorry, A, but that's how it came through from the post
I was actually replying to- I had deleted Stefan's
original post. Since all my email is set to go out
Plain Text, I imagine that this is how the Yahoo email
converted it.

Phlip

--- "Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius"
<adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:
> Also sprach Philippa Alderton:
> >> to determine the
> >> > g-forces experienced?
> >
> >Well, Stefan, the human body can handle some pretty
> >strong and sudden G forces, if properly prepared,
> >protected, and positioned. Certainly, there are
> enough
> >stunt types out there who regularly are shot out of
> >"cannons" (OK, the propellant is compressed
> >air, not gunpowder, but the acceleration is the
> same-
> >sufficient to propel an approximately 75-100 kg
> body
> >at an acceleration exceeding 9.8 meters per second
> >squared) that I'm sure that it's quite doable. In
> >fact, look at the decelerations the bungie jumpers
> >routinely experience...and this is often done at
> >fairgrounds, with "normal" people, not
> >specially trained, as the participants....Hmmm-
> might
> >straighten my back out, once and for all ;-)
>
> Please advise >keyboard specs; we'll be on the
> "lookout. ;-)
>
> Adamantius
>
> --
> "No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his
> own mistakes
> deserves to be called a scholar."
> 	-DONALD FOSTER
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And never a rider who cain't be throwed....

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