Thanks for the input though. I wasn't looking to start a flamewar with this
topic, and I had already done my own research and formed my own opinions, I
just wanted to know how some of you interpreted the available evidence.
Scout

OooooozeOne wrote in message
...

Big difference between the mass of a building and a skinny little ally
mast.
Lighting conductors on buildings are thick, wide straps of copper, a
far cry from the cables or strips that boats use.
Can't remember ever seeing a lightning protected yacht that didn't
suffer extensive damage from a direct strike.

For my money..why go looking for it.

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:30:59 GMT, "Scout"
scribbled thusly:

The idea is to provide an alternative, low resistance path to ground.
The concept is proven to work well on buildings, why not on sailboats?


OooooozeOne wrote in message
.. .
Yeah, but the results show that if you stick a lightning rod up into a
thunderstorm, it is very likely that you will find lightning.

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:23:24 GMT, "Scout"
scribbled thusly:

that was a different experiment!


OooooozeOne wrote in message
.. .
Nah, he was right!
He put a lightning rod up and found lightning.

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:21:02 GMT, "Scout"
scribbled thusly:

So you're saying Ben Franklin was wrong?
Scout

OooooozeOne wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:58:14 GMT, "Scout"

scribbled thusly:

How many folks have lightning "proofed" their boat?
Did you make your own modifications or buy a package? What
systems
are
better than others?
Have you ever been hit?
Scout


No such thing as lightning protection, just attraction.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.




Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.




Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.




Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

gonefishiing wrote:

finally! an idea.
good luck to ya.
do you smoke?

Not yet...


--
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Scout wrote:

snip I wasn't looking to start a flamewar with this
topic,

Goodness me, a virtual pacifist on a.s.asa????

snip
just wanted to know how some of you interpreted the available evidence.

In our time-honoured fashion: hit, and mis-.

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"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
snip I wasn't looking to start a flamewar with this
topic,
Goodness me, a virtual pacifist on a.s.asa????

Welllll, I wasn't looking not to start a flamewar either.

snip
just wanted to know how some of you interpreted the available evidence.
In our time-honoured fashion: hit, and mis-.

For some, this proved to be a mental stress test. Jaxie collapsed on the
treadmill.

Scout

Scout wrote:

For some, this proved to be a mental stress test. Jaxie collapsed on the
treadmill.

Hmmm. An n-ring flea circus. Scout the trickster, Scotty the
roadster, Tadpole the jokester, gonefishing the gangster,
Katysails the songster, Seahag the hipster, Mooron the forester,
Oz the napster and then, sandwiched in the middle, uncured and
smoking, Jax the hamster...
--
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hehe, that's good stuff!
Scout

"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...


Scout wrote:

For some, this proved to be a mental stress test. Jaxie collapsed on the
treadmill.

Hmmm. An n-ring flea circus. Scout the trickster, Scotty the
roadster, Tadpole the jokester, gonefishing the gangster,
Katysails the songster, Seahag the hipster, Mooron the forester,
Oz the napster and then, sandwiched in the middle, uncured and
smoking, Jax the hamster...
--
Flying Tadpole

-------------------------
Henpecked? Harrassed? Harangued? Go south instead.
http://www.soundclick.com/flyingtdpolemusic.htm

Thad. Stevens is a trade school college. Stevens IT is second only to
MIT for engineering.

SV

"Scout" wrote in message
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Scotty,
I promise you no one at Lehigh University is focusing on Hoboken.
Don't take
it personally.
I guessed Lancaster because you live near there.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Bahhhhhhhhhh! As in Hoboken. A common error made by common
folk, but not by real engineers.

SV


"Scout" wrote in message
news
as in Lancaster?

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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I used to go parking up there.

BTW, my son went to Stevens.

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message

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yep, classes on the hill, football in the valley.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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up on the hill, eh?

"Scout" wrote in message

...
nah, that place in Bethlehem where the Eagles like to
hold
pre-season camp.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"Scout" wrote
But I'll tell you what, I'll match my degrees
against
yours
any
day.
I went
to one of the best Engineering schools in the
country.

In Hoboken?

You did? Oh, yeah, now I remember.


"Scout" wrote in message
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of course, you should have known that since I told you that
privately a year
ago!
Scout

"Scout" wrote in message
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and Scotty, a big p.s. to set the record straight right here, as
you seem
to have made a small, understandable but incorrect assumption.
I've never
claimed to be an engineer in anything. I said I studied at one of
the best
Engineering schools in the country, and I did. (according to US
News &
World
Reports 2005 "America's Best Colleges" Lehigh is tied with Yale
and
Dartmouth in Engineering. I've had enough science to ace the
teaching
science and technology exams (2 separate certs), but most of what
I know
comes from working so many years as a technician with mechanical
engineering
firms. Before teaching, my job had always been to show engineers
where
they
went wrong. They're not a lot different than high school kids.

Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Bahhhhhhhhhh! As in Hoboken. A common error made by
common
folk, but not by real engineers.

SV


"Scout" wrote in message

news
as in Lancaster?

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
I used to go parking up there.

BTW, my son went to Stevens.

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message

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yep, classes on the hill, football in the valley.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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up on the hill, eh?

"Scout" wrote in message


...
nah, that place in Bethlehem where the Eagles like to
hold
pre-season camp.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in
message
...

"Scout" wrote
But I'll tell you what, I'll match my degrees
against
yours
any
day.
I went
to one of the best Engineering schools in the
country.

In Hoboken?

"gonefishiing" wrote ...
you know my dad?!
i know he vacations in PA, so its possible.

Yes , I know everone that's ever been in PA.


zeus! thats funny
i think dad only deals with union reps.

Vito? I hate unions.



i just called the insurance company, and threatened the CEO with
cement shoes..

gf.

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Did you have Big Tony put a contract out on Zeus after that?


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Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

yes it is, but it's a very good trade school, and I wouldn't have thought
less of you for sending your son there.
Some of its graduates are every bit as capable as the IT.
Not to bust your bubble or anything, but Stevens IT, while a great school,
is a bit further down the most recent list than #2.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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Thad. Stevens is a trade school college. Stevens IT is second only to
MIT for engineering.

SV

"Scout" wrote in message
...
Scotty,
I promise you no one at Lehigh University is focusing on Hoboken.
Don't take
it personally.
I guessed Lancaster because you live near there.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Bahhhhhhhhhh! As in Hoboken. A common error made by common
folk, but not by real engineers.

SV


"Scout" wrote in message
news as in Lancaster?

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
I used to go parking up there.

BTW, my son went to Stevens.

Scotty

"Scout" wrote in message

...
yep, classes on the hill, football in the valley.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
up on the hill, eh?

"Scout" wrote in message

...
nah, that place in Bethlehem where the Eagles like to
hold
pre-season camp.
Scout

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...

"Scout" wrote
But I'll tell you what, I'll match my degrees
against
yours
any
day.
I went
to one of the best Engineering schools in the
country.

In Hoboken?