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Wondering how flat earth will effect scooters ?
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When turning North or South I no longer have to factor the Coriolus force into my counter steering.
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znomit wrote:
When turning North or South I no longer have to factor the Coriolus force into my counter steering.
Does the flat earth still spin?

I can adjust the headlight up a bit because i no longer have to consider the dropping horizon.
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If I can ride far enough, I can go off the edge and into outer space!
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Make sure your brakes are 100% in case you come across the edge unexpectedly....
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Yeah, flat earth has quite an effect on our scooters. Although I haven't worked out what these effects are yet! Still working on it....will let you know in due course.
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I have a friend, who knows a guy, whose father saw the edge. He described it so terrifyingly that others who must have seen it have never again spoken of it.

If it's flat, what's on the bottom side? Peanut butter?
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Larrytsg wrote:
I have a friend, who knows a guy, whose father saw the edge. He described it so terrifyingly that others who must have seen it have never again spoken of it.

If it's flat, what's on the bottom side? Peanut butter?
Don't be silly. Every one knows it's on the back of a giant tortoise.
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I have a friend, who knows a guy, whose father saw the edge. He described it so terrifyingly that others who must have seen it have never again spoken of it.

If it's flat, what's on the bottom side? Peanut butter?
I am a friend of a friend of a friend can I get in for free ?
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The earth can't be flat... if it were, the cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now.
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The earth can't be flat... if it were, the cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now.
ROFL emoticon ROFL emoticon ROFL emoticon ROFL emoticon ROFL emoticon
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Silver Streak wrote:
The earth can't be flat... if it were, the cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now.
ROFL emoticon ROFL emoticon ROFL emoticon ROFL emoticon ROFL emoticon
+1 -- though I have to admit that my cat doesn't do that.
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carburetors would need fewer adjustments. That is until you ride off the edge. So does gravity on the underside keep my ride going?
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waspmike wrote:
znomit wrote:
When turning North or South I no longer have to factor the Coriolus force into my counter steering.
Does the flat earth still spin?
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znomit wrote:
When turning North or South I no longer have to factor the Coriolus force into my counter steering.
Does the flat earth still spin?

No the luminaries revolve around the flat and stationary earth.

at least this is what I am told.
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Then what keeps the luminaries up? They don't have turtles!
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Its all very confusing when I am stood in Lincolnshire the earth is very flat. But when back home in Ceredigion Wales it is all lumpy bumpy
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grahamlml wrote:
Its all very confusing when I am stood in Lincolnshire the earth is very flat. But when back home in Ceredigion Wales it is all lumpy bumpy
That's from ramming into random asteroids from time to time. Razz emoticon
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