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From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: feathers vs. gold  **SPOILER**
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Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 19:02:55 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 15 19:02:55 1985
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In article <456@eneevax.UUCP> hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) writes:
>In article <902@ecsvax.UUCP> hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) writes:
>>> I) Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?
>>
>>   One pound of feathers weighs 453.59 grams.
>>   One pound of  gold    weighs 373.2  grams.
>>   
>>   One ounce of feathers weighs 28.35  grams.
>>   One ounce of  gold    weighs 31.103 grams.

>Gosh, I always thought that weight and pounds referred to FORCE.  Is it
>time to resurrect the slug?

Have I missed something?  Grams and pounds are both units of the same thing -
feel free to call it FORCE if you wish.  The "puzzle" makes use of the wild
inconsistencies of "English measures", with different sized ounces and a
different number of those ounces in the corresponding pounds.  So what's the 
problem?