In article .com,
GROVER wrote:
Since I've been enjoying the topics and discussions of this news
group, and I see that there are many posters who are quite bright, I
decided to pose a question concerning the laws of physics to
stimulate the group's curiosity.

The question is: If you hang two plumb bobs, say 50 feet apart are the
strings parallel?


Nope. I'm getting about a 1/2 second of arc between them.