"John-Del" wrote in message
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On Monday, May 13, 2013 8:44:38 PM UTC-4, Arfa Daily wrote:

I have combed every square inch of the floor under light strong enough to

burn your eyes out, but nope, it's gone ...


It might be, but it might be something else. My brother always figured
that tiny objects, when they fly off into space, such as your spring,
c-clips, tiny screws, etc., actually are right there where they landed.
However, while they are in the correct physical plane, they are in the
wrong temporal plane. In time, they will often reappear right where they
were believed to be in the first place.

How strange ! I used to have a very similar 'tongue in cheek' theory as well
several years ago. I used to believe that all of the faulty electrons flying
about in workshops, caused tiny little molecular warp holes to appear in the
floor, which if left alone, would slowly 'breed' downwards, following a
curve as they got deeper, until as they became horizontal, they suddenly
shot back up to form a fully stable warp tunnel that often as not, would
come up somewhere dark or under a table leg. Components and other important
bits (like my spring) are attracted to them, and as they fall into the hole,
it closes behind them. The item is then 'conveyed' through the warp hole
until it emerges under the table leg, never to be found again, until years
later when you move the table. And that, I think, is what has happened to my
spring ... d ;-)

Arfa