Hard water and magnets

[Ashton Crusher]

This subject came up some years back and from the info I was able to track down there is a grain of truth to the claim but the effect is so small that it's pointless to bother with it.

[The Daring Dufas]

I do seem to remember that the gravitational forces from the Earth's moon have a great many effects on life on this planet down to a cellular level. You may wonder where the term "lunatic" came from and from what I've read, people noticed that a full moon often had deleterious effects on those people already mentally unstable and also affected the personalities of even those who never displayed aberrant behavior. Darn, I know a lot of lunatics. ^_^

TDD

[The Daring Dufas]

If government schools would teach "science" instead of what's politically correct, more people would understand what actually makes the world go round. I never cease to be amazed at how ignorant the average college student is of simple scientific principles. That's why they're so vulnerable to "junk science". O_o

TDD

[G. Morgan]

Wow! I never knew the origin of "lunatic" but it makes perfect sense when you hear it. Good stuff.

[Doug Miller]

The Daring Dufas wrote in news:joghkc$6vf$ [e-mail]:

You mean believing things like "the gravitational forces from the Earth's moon have a great many effects on life on this planet down to a cellular level.... a full moon often had deleterious effects on those people already mentally unstable and also affected the personalities of even those who never displayed aberrant behavior" ?

You could cut the irony with a knife.

[Attila.Iskander]

Any teacher will tell you that kids behave a little more out of control when the moon is full Police, Firefighters, EMTs will also tell you that they get more business when the moon is full

Nothing new under the su..uh moon, here.

[G. Morgan]

I've heard the same thing, crazy huh?