On Wed Nov-30-2011 14:10, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 30 Nov 11 12:54, Roger Nelson wrote to TOM WALKER:   
      
    RN>> A body falls at the rate of 32 feet per second per second.  In   
    RN>> other words, mine was a guess.  What do you calculate?  (-:   
      
    TW>> That is the Acelleration Rate of a falling object. IE: the second   
    TW>> 32 feet would take 1/2 second and so on until the rate was   
    TW>> stabilized by the air drag on the body   
      
    TW>> But because it was a 30 foot fall your Estimate is correct.   
      
    RN> I only fell 30 inches.   
      
    RW> Note Tom's origin; Typo Tom...Sometimes he gets going pretty good   
    RW> and then he makes some typos that leave the reader wondering. In   
    RW> his defense 'foot' is probably just a one of those things. We we   
    RW> all do that on occasion.    
      
   Yeah, I know.  I was just being methodical.  He is one of the good guys in   
   Fidonet.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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