"rhys" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 00:23:17 GMT, Rich Hampel
wrote:
If my electric meter runs backwards, will the power company owe me
money? After the reversal will the off switch become the on switch?
No, but when you switch off the lights, it will be even darker than
usual, due to the vacuum.
Actually, I think not. If you consider that those things which we screw
into sockets in order to see during times when it's dark are dark suckers
(really - the more powerful ones can suck dark from further out!), when all
is reversed, we'll be able to get some sleep during the daytime by turning
them on, as they'll blow dark, rather than suck it...
L8R
Skip, also thinking too much about boat stuff...
Morgan 461 #2
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that you are quite alone on a great, wide sea, it is apt to occur to
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insignificant speck on the surface of the ocean; and are not nearly
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