<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 = Transitional//EN"><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 = transitional//en"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY aLink=#ff0000 bgColor=#ffffff link=#0000ee text=#000000 = vLink=#551a8b> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Del, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>You are really causing me to think now.  Are = you saying that the tension in a bent (or wrapped) piece of wood won't cause it to = stretch on the convex side?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>This idea seems to be contrary to the basic Law of = the Universe that states everything has got to be somewhere.  If the = top side of a bent piece of wood does not stretch and the bottom shorten, careful = geometric analysis demonstrates that as you bend wood, are changing the = amount of wood in the cosmos, and we all know that only God can make a tree.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Frank Weston</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Good grief, man, the top piece did not "stretch," you wrapped it around a larger circle! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>