Bill Sornson
12-31-1969, 08:00 PM
Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
>> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 23:57:38 -0700, "Bill Sornson" <askme@ask.me>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Tim McNamara wrote:
>>>> In article <46904876$0$30606$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
>>>> "Bill Sornson" <askme@ask.me> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Tell you what. Prove that a hammer has less impact on a table
>>>>> with no pad in place and I'll retract every word. Hell, I'll
>>>>> even stop wearing a lid! (Maybe.)
>>>> Force = mass * acceleration.
>>> "Impact". Not "force". HTH!
>>
>> Do you know what those words really mean?
>
> 21st Century USians use "impact" when they can not figure out the
> difference between "affect" and "effect".
I think Flogger is showing an affectation by continually addressing me
ineffectually (he knows he's plonked, you see).
Of course, if he can't tell force from impact, then who cares...
BS (yup)
> John Forrest Tomlinson wrote:
>> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 23:57:38 -0700, "Bill Sornson" <askme@ask.me>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Tim McNamara wrote:
>>>> In article <46904876$0$30606$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
>>>> "Bill Sornson" <askme@ask.me> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Tell you what. Prove that a hammer has less impact on a table
>>>>> with no pad in place and I'll retract every word. Hell, I'll
>>>>> even stop wearing a lid! (Maybe.)
>>>> Force = mass * acceleration.
>>> "Impact". Not "force". HTH!
>>
>> Do you know what those words really mean?
>
> 21st Century USians use "impact" when they can not figure out the
> difference between "affect" and "effect".
I think Flogger is showing an affectation by continually addressing me
ineffectually (he knows he's plonked, you see).
Of course, if he can't tell force from impact, then who cares...
BS (yup)