Mmmmm, A Pultusk the size of a kielbasa.... Would make for nice coin sized slices, hold the chrzanem,
Bill -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Jerry A. Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Anyway, the most surprising thing I have heard when someone sees a cube in > person is just how small one is. A cubic centimeter is a tiny measurement. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Martin H. > > > > My gosh, Martin, there's a whole TEN MILLIMETERS along each side of that > of that there cubic centimeter. Size, like beauty, is in the eye of the > beholder. > > So it appears, Martin, that it's all about an individual's sense of > spacial perception > in comparison to a known and familiar object. Since one would be dealing > with a > multitude of individuals on eBay, then one should therefore make > allowances for that? > > Pehaps a martian meteorite should be laid next to a Mars Bar for size > comparison. > Maybe the masses would be more comfortable viewing a lunar lying next to a > Moon Pie (at least us southerners could relate to that.) Perhaps the > English amongst > us might have a better sense of size if we used a sugar cube instead of > that dreaded > centimeter cube. Or maybe the Polish could draw a better size comparison > if that > NWA were laid beside a Polish sausage. I could rattle for days on this > but I won't. > > Random thoughts on a cold, wet, bleary west Texas day that's fit for > hunting geese > but not meteorites... > > Jerry > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
