"Old Nick" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:05:34 GMT, Ted Edwards
vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:

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Well all I can say is that reading these posts, my radius of gyration
is becoming increasingly small, but my speed is being maintained. In
the end my brain will probably exceed Yield Stress! G

Here's the lab demo: Take a soda straw. Push on both ends. Watch what
happens and write a description of it in your lab notes.

Then take an aluminum beer can. Place it on end on the floor, or on your
forehead, whichever you prefer. Stomp on it. Watch what happens and write a
description of it in your lab notes.

You now have completed the course in Failure Modes of Tubes of Widely
Varying Proportions in Compression, and you're ready to design the Lotus 8.

Actually, Chapman already designed the Lotus 8, and wished that he hadn't.
The Lotus 9 was developed into the Budweiser beer can and has changed life
as we know it.

Ed Huntress