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Re: Dynamic fall over Vs Static dumping ( no LSR )

To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Dynamic fall over Vs Static dumping ( no LSR )
From: "Joe & Lynne Lance" <jolylance@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:04:39 -0500
My working life consisted of driving a chair to make a living. Found that
the dynamic tipping action you describe can be prevented by proper
counter-weighting, like a secretary sitting on your lap. But that can cause
a different form of spouse hysteria.

Lance

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:52 AM
Subject: Dynamic fall over Vs Static dumping ( no LSR )


> I just had to share this thought... has no merit and damn little LSR...
>
> If your sitting in a roll around chair and feel like stretching there are
a
> couple of things you oughta know first...
>
> 1.  If your sitting back in your chair and lean back and rapidly throw
your
> arms over your head to the rear and you have your legs tucked under the
chair,
> the center of your total mass might not exceed the point where the back
two
> rollers touch the ground but the dynamic's associated with the mass of
your
> body weight might carry you past the point at which you could in fact tip
> over....
>
> 2. During this tipping moment... any panic associated with the fall is
only
> going to compound the problem ... especially if you have a full soda pop
> sitting next to you and a lit cigarette...  don't worry bout burning the
> carpet though... the soda will put it out.
>
> 3. Most importantly one should pre-plan the fall site to insure there are
no
> sharp.. ( shoot even blunt ) objects in the vicinity of the head area...
>
> 4. Lastly only fore thought precludes a spouse seeing this and walking
away in
> fits of hysteria...
>
> Keith ( if you have to ask how I know all this... maybe you should simply
test
> the theory yourself, in the presence of your spouse of course )






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