Mike,
KER-LUNK! - The sound of Denise's model of the Solar System, constructed entirely of potatoes and cocktail sticks, (to show the moon is upside down in NZ), going in the trash can!! I am keeping a low profile. [Linked Image]

Franklin was, seriously now, a true genius, who deserves better recognition for his work. 40 years after he was making his world-changing discoveries, the scientific establishment, (Volta, Galvani, Abildgard et al.) were still off on the wrong track entirely about electricity, obsessed with biological electrical 'life forces'. If you notice in the above history, their experiments always seemed to involve some hapless creature getting deaded. This craze for the seeming 'life force' of electricity was reflected in the general culture of the 18th century, and led directly to the creation of Frankenstein's monster- ie the dead, bought to life by mysteries of electricity.
Are we any better, playing with genetics?
Alan

ps. Or potatoes and cocktail sticks!

[This message has been edited by Alan Belson (edited 06-25-2005).]

Wood work but can't!