Re: (Fwd) Gravity

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From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:56:48 -0400
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In a message dated 95-10-24 18:29:52 EDT, plotnick@Plotnick.geol.uic.edu (Roy
E. Plotnick) writes:

>Folks:  Here is an interesting one!  My question is, how should I handle
>this kind of thing?  I'm torn between blowing it off and making a long,
>reasoned
>reply.  Suggestions?  How do the rest of you handle off-the-wall inquiries?
>-Roy Plotnick
>
>--- Forwarded mail from Tim Taylor <kj7az@coffey.com>
>
>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 95 04:21:23 -0700
>From: Tim Taylor <kj7az@coffey.com>
>To: plotnick
>Subject: Gravity
>
>Here's a theory for you.  I have for a long time been
>wondering about how the dinosours all died off.  I've had a
>hard time believing the comet theory's.  I have wondered
>about a sudden change in the earths gravitational pull.
>The gravity increased suddenly, the dinosaurs just couldn't
>support their own weight and collapsed.
>Some of the water dinosaurs lived on which gives us whales
>and sharks.  Some of the smaller reptiles lived on for
>birds and the close to the ground dinosaurs are todays
>lizards.
>Just something to think about.  I'm not a scientist, just a
>normal person who wonders about stuff.
>
>Thanks
>
>Tim/KJ7AZ
>Rawlins Wyoming
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>---End of forwarded mail from Tim Taylor <kj7az@coffey.com>
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I think Tim Taylor's ignorance is honest and that he deserves a reasoned
reply. But keep it very simple. He doesn't seem to be pushing a crank
viewpoint.

George Olhevsky