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From: ylikuka@vat-vai.valmet.com (Kari Yli-Kuha)
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Date: 13 Jan 1995 18:29:20 -0600
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jittlov@erehwon.caltech.edu (Mike Jittlov) writes:
: As a simple-minded child, I always wondered if the solar wind was the
: same as magnetic repulsion -- because the comet's tail being blown back
: from the sun _precisely_ mimicked the way a sewing pin (head +, point -)
: reacted when circling one end (-) of a magnet.  But now that I am a
: mature adult and learned in the ways of science, I use that same magnet
: to hold notes on my refrigerator, and stick the sewing pins into this
: little cloth doll of my repulsive ex-business partner.

Mike, you should be ashamed of yourself - that's plain voodoo!  :-)
--
/Kari