sci.physics.electromag

"Bill Miller" wrote in message
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> "Vince Morgan" wrote in message
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> > >"maxwell" wrote in message
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> >> Co-moderator sci.physics.foundations
> >
> >>Congrats, Fred. Go to the top of your class if you ever SEE a
> >>magnetic field (or an electric one for that matter). All we ever see
> >>are electrons & motion: the rest is theory.
> > A man was doing an aerial survey from an aircraft at considerable
> > altitude.
> > His assistant was on the ground with a hand held radio.
> > The surveyor calls his assistant Barry, because that was his name, and
> > asks.
> > "Can you see that wheat field east of the water tower Barry?"
> > The country was very flat and featureless, and Barry looked toward the
> > tower, which he could just make out and realized it was in a westerly
> > direction. Turning about he tried to see the wheat field but couldn't
> > make
> > it out.
> > "Nope can't see it from here" He replied to Bob, because that was his
> > name.
> > "Of course you can, it's gotta be at least 400 acres of ripe brown wheat
> > Barry."
> > Barry stood on his toes but couldn't see the field for all he was worth.
> > "Nope, sorry Bob, can't see it."
> > A little annoyed Bob calls Barry in and says.
> > "It's western boundary is about 200 yards east of the tower Barry, try
> > again
> > will you please."
> > Barry finds a small mound that is just a little raised and stepping onto
> > it
> > he stretches onto his tippy toes and looks hard to the east but still
> > can't
> > make it out.
> > "Nope, sorry, can't see it Bob." says Barry, because that was his name.
> > "Where in the hell are you Barry?"
> > "About 300 yards east of the tower Bob, but I can't see a bloody thing
for
> > the friggin grain around me!!"
> > Vince
> >
> A few years ago I was involved in a Hot Air Balloon flight.
Unfortunately,
> bad weather closed in, our GPS stopped working and we became quite lost.
The
> chase vehicle couldn't follow us unless we could tell the ground crew
where
> we were, and we were losing daylight.
>
> We spotted a break in the clouds and descended, hoping to spot a landmark.
> Unfortunately, we saw none and were about to ascend again when I spotted a
> lone hiker.
>
> "Halloo!" I cried out. "can you tell us where we are?"
>
> The man looked up, scratched his head, squinted and shouted , "You are in
a
> wicker basket, about 30 meters over my head!"
>
> "Are you a physics professor?" I shouted back.
>
> "Yes," he cried. "How did you know?"
>
> "Well," I replied, "You just provided me with information that was
> completely accurate and totally useless!"
>
> Bill
LOL!!!