> I'd love to, if I ever get the time. If you have an hour to dedicate to your education, you've got the time. If not, you'll never know anyway. >I'm guessin' that > the intent of this rib design is to maximize support, > while retaining excellent elasticity, and that the > grain orientation has a lot to do with it. Yes, that would indeed be guessing. The grain orientation has virtually nothing to do with it, which you could find out for yourself with minimal effort and sincere desire to know. > P.S. If anyone out there wants to test this hypothesis > before I can, please feel free, and please report > back. It's been done, and reported to the list, as has most of what is eternally re-hashed here in perpetual mystery. Asking questions and speculating randomly is always easier than working something out for oneself and reaching one's own conclusions based on the logical reality of what one finds, and one gets the luxury of picking and choosing what one wishes to believe as a matter of convenience rather than considering what the cumulative evidence indicates. Life is easier, it seems, with the proper filters. Ron N
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