What's all this I hear about Inertia ?

[Ron Nossaman]

Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:
> Joe And Penny Goss wrote:
>> Question of Inertia!
>> Two equal length items poised on a fixed axis ala teeter totter.
>> a steel beam 1' square by 10'
>> And an aluminum beam of equal size.
>> Which will require the most effort to start in motion?
>> It is not like a pound of feathers and a pound of lead question.
>> Just this farmers queer idea <g>
> 
> 
> Farm boys know what work is, (mass*distance) and instinctively know that 
> it's gonna be more work to move that steel. ;-}


That's not instinct, it's honestly acquired scar tissue.
Ron N