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Lucinda, your post really made me laugh.  I'm morally certain that kat didn't have to brush any dust off of any physics texts--she is an engineer, and I suspect she uses stuff like this on a regular basis. 

 

But perhaps some folks SHOULD dust off their physics texts, if they ever even took any physics in the first place--they might realize that it isn't all as simple as what they "intuitively" perceive.  Life rarely is that simple, come to think of it....  Furthermore, if you knew anything about physics, you'd realize that a great many things in life really are "just physics..."   Although being more of a physiologist myself, I'd hedge and say, well, it's physics and physiology....

 

And in this case, both physics and physiology tell us that it ain't just a simple matter of weighing the static load on a scale, even though that aspect does figure into the equation.  However, those who insist on thinking that do have a convenient excuse--geeze, I'd sure like to believe that the reason I can't win rides is because my horse is packing my extra pounds!

 

Heidi

Ofcourse..we all know that horses are not vaccums..so lets just use common sense here...which is easier to carry a sack full of beans or a pack of chewing gum..

This really isn't complicated physics and some people like to get on this site and flex their brains...some things are just common sense...It was very amusing to see all of you dusting off those old Physics texts to explain something that may have a physics element but is not JUST physics/Lucinda

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