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Default Which end of a 2x4 is the top?


Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 6 Jan 2007 08:12:00 -0800, "Harry K"
wrote:


DerbyDad03 wrote:
Trust me, the last thing I need to research is a tree in Africa. I am
constantly expanding my horizons in much more fruitful ways.

Look, it's just a tree with a large trunk and skinny branches. It does
not grow upside down no matter legend says.


But it _is_ upside down. It is south of the equator after all.


It's "down" that's upside-down.

"down" is the local direction that things move in when unsupported.

Harry K


BTW, now I may hear about the nonexistent X-axis reversal with a
mirror.
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Mark Lloyd
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force for atheism ever conceived." -- Isaac Asimov


Nonexistent? You don't see your left hand where the right should be in
a mirror?

Harry K