On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:57:33 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Lew
Hartswick quickly quoth:

Harold and Susan Vordos wrote:
I'm no mathematician, and have a hard time understanding almost all of this
conversation, but to illustrate a point (if only I knew which
one!)---

----the .458 Magnum I own develops 2-1/2 tons of energy at the
muzzle,

Harold, "tons" is not a unit of energy.

Not unless you're shooting the air conditioner, eh, Lew?


I think I'd better kill this thread before I get ingestion from the all
the missuse of terms. :-) :-)
...lew...

Two late, lou.


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