[AT] Test

[charlie hill]

Ron I don't know if you were picking on me in agreement or
calling me a flat earth'er but I get the joke and it's a good one.
It did cause me to re-read my message and to prevent someone
from misunderstanding what I think I need to correct this.
I said the ocean lays flat.  I should have said the ocean lies tangent
to the curve of the earth.  What I meant was it's not high here and low
over there like the land is.  The exception being the temporary influence
of the sun and moon (tides) and as Farmer mentioned the flow of ocean
currents.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: charlie hill
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 9:33 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Test

I'll try Ron!  LOL

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ron Cook
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 4:45 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Test

Just stay back from the edge, Charlie.  We don't want to lose you over
the end of the earth.
Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 12/6/2015 2:53 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> You're not as flat as I thought but it's hard to tell because
> you lens is foreshortening the distance and amplifying the
> hills and valleys.  Anyway, you can stand on the beach here
> or I suppose anywhere where you can't see land in the
> horizon and see that the horizon line is slightly bowed high
> in the center.  That is the curvature of the earth.  It's easier
> to see if you are elevated as in being on a 3rd story balcony
> of a beach house, etc.  It's easier to see on water because
> you can be relatively certain (notwithstanding what some folks
> say about rising sea levels) that the water in the ocean lays
> flat (except for the waves).   My comment about the rising sea
> levels is not intended to be political.  It's just something that
> came to mind.  I was talking to a guy who considers himself to
> be very smart and accomplished.  He told me the ocean level had
> risen something like 1.7 feet or something in the last 25 years.
> (those are made up numbers.  I don't remember exactly but that's in the
> ball
> park)
> I told him that I've lived here for 65 years and I know where the water
> level was
> on fixed objects then and now and that if there is any change at all it's
> only a very
> few inches.  He said, OH, it up north that I'm talking about.... up in the
> North Atlantic.
> I burst out laughing and my other friend sitting at the same table picked
> up
> his drink
> cup and tilted it from side to side looking at the level in the cup and
> laughing.
> So what I was doing was making a comment about folks that don't understand
> what they
> think they know and I'm sure that applies to me at times.
>
> Charlie
>
>

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