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Re: [ATM] Aluminium or stainless steel?

On Mon, 9 May 2005, Gary Woods wrote:

> On Mon, 9 May 2005 18:43:11 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>
> >Suppose the tubing is made of gum rubber.  I stuff it with a
> >tight-fitting rod of steel.  Doesn't it become stiffer?
>
> And two African swallows could probably carry a coconut between them on a
> piece of string.  OK, so the statement was presuming you made the strut of
> something reasonably strong in the first case, in which case the statements
> made apply.

No they don't, but I can see I am dealing with experts, so I will
abandon any attempt at either levity or instruction.


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