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Well.. death is.. change. Big change perhaps. Some of the changes in my life I have described as "death", in one way or another.. Interesting though.. Not that I subscribe to it.. or would go for it.. but I think the Tarot "death" card does not exactly signify death, in their belief, but change.. big change. I know, I know, that's not the bible! :D

Be careful lighting those farts! Yep. Something about the smell of burning hair.. hard to describe..

Well.. its almost October! I wonder how many innies are actually "gushing over" with excitement.. anxiously waiting for the "good news" Belle, I've been thinking a little more about this.. Perhaps..the big announcement.. 1. They are installing four new bathrooms in the auditorium (?? for who?? They already have THREE too many..) 2. They are fortwith moving SNS back to the BRC. That way, things can be nice and comfy, and they MIGHT be able to fill the room.. 3. Some specially selected vey Disciples will be given assignments to develop in training, and leadership skills, at rosies home. They will learn valuble life-lessons by cleaning, gardening, painting, and changing the cat's litterboxes. AND they'll be thankful.

Really though.. how HARD it is to get started again halfway, or just a little beyond, in life.. Just try to develop good friendships at forty, or forty five.. or fifty.. and MANY of you will. Try to develop a carrer at forty.. or forty five.. You WILL find its really tough "out there", but not because they say so- and not because people are malicious, or devilish.. but because you waited too d*mn long..

Belle, if you see this.. please check your "PT"s this morning..

Yep, Belle, I remember that song! Well, if it happened in the auditorium, I think it'd be the same, but nobody would even dare to jump the chairs and shout "HALLELUJAH!" They'd just have to suffer, silently.. Might give them a new idea of what to name the new class: "The Living Word in the Promised land of prevailing Squirrels.."

No credit.. seems to have always made things a little "easier" for them..

Hey, nice picture, Raf..

Aww, drats.. now I have to split the million bucks.. :D Amazing how complex such a little thing can be.. Angular momentum doesn't exactly mess stuff up.. just makes it quite a bit more complex.

No, the acceleration due to gravity is STILL 9.8 meters per second.. air or not. The other opposite force of course is acting on the ball.. due to friction. Two forces. Net acceleration.. of course.. would NOT be 9.8.. OK, you wonderful rascal.. I see you lurking there, laughing at us.. Who gets the million bucks?? Drat.. scared her off.. Now you're back again.. Belle, did anybody ever tell you that you have some of the characteristics of a Cheshire cat? :D

True, but I am assuming 1. neglibible 2. Not the part of Belle's initial conditions for this nightmare. It is a frictionless system, unless I made a boo boo..

Kinda of vague.. and it assumes a lot.. which "return" does he await, indeed..

Well, I would think.. NO friction, the ball will NOT rotate. As the ball moves down the incline, there is a "normal" force exerted on the ball.. equal to mgCos(theta). But with a coefficient of friction being zero.. none of this force would be transferred into the ball.. and since the ball has rotational inertia.. without an external force applied, it will tend to stay in its non-rotating condition. But add friction.. things are entirely different. Could figure out if the ball actually slides on the incline.. or slips, if you will. Add the SLIGHTEST amount of friction, and it will rotate. Now Belle dear, we wait! And yes Regis, that is my final answer! (for now..)

Yep, that's what the man said, he did.. "there are ONLY GRADES OF SIN in SOCIETY". "sin is sin".

Naw, Belle's a pretty smart gal.. a little math isn't gonna scare HER off!

But.. thinking of Hills' first question.. somehow, the experiment MAY be possible.. but you'd have to go on one of those "wonder" diets. NO mass, and feasibly, you could travel at the speed of light..

If you think you're in the dark on this one.. we haven't even BEGUN to talk about frictionless pulleys :lol: Keep dreaming, brother..

Don't know quite what to say :) We need Belle to come back and "enlighten" us.. Bellle... Bellllllllle..... :lol:

Thomas, since its gonna be a beer, schnapps and wimen ministry from henceforth, you may be: First Minister of Schnapps. Now to find a Minister of Beer.. hmmmm. May only need two ministers.. I certainly couldn't just sit on my duffer an do nothing, you know! :D

Yes, it does. But on a frictionless incline, the accelerations would divide in a vectoral manner, with only two directions.. one vertical, one horizontal. Hence, technically, it would not "slide" down the incline. The manner it divides between the two depends on the angle of the incline. 9.8 times cos of the angle would be the for horizontal acceleration, 9.8 times sin of the angle for vertical acceleration.. if I remember correctly.. Adding them with vector math or trig.. comes up to 9.8 Friction changes EVERYTHING.. heh heh. I keep editing this sucker.. I think I had it right the first time..

Darn friction! Or lack therof.. Yeah, we studied those stinkers in Physics.. frictionless pulleys, frictionless inclines.. Almost like asking which came first, the chicken, or the egg.. No friction, the sucker has to drop like a rock.. I think the answer would be: the vertical and horizontal accelerations would vectorially add up to 9.8 meters per second squared.. But you didn't give us that choice, did you! :lol: But to be more precise about all of this, have to consider where this miracle device is located.. on the moon, or in orbit, or on the earth.. Whew..

Happy happy Birthday! Holy smokes.. lots of birthdays now.. Some folks must've been real " :D busy", in say.. September

I think what I was really trying to say.. at least looking back now.. "For God's sake, guys.. don't wait until you're forty or so to go get a life.. geeze." Its only harder. Much, much harder. I know.. personally. Email me if you want details.. I'll lay out the whole stinking mess that resulted from sitting around that .... can trying to warm myself.. I wish some of them would REALLY read this stuff.. just a dream maybe..

Secret Squirrel Event? :D Maybe that's it! A rabid squirrel will "work the crowd" at the opportune moment..

Yeah, nothing like the realization that you've been sold stolen property.. Yuck.