Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site shark.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!shark!hutch From: hutch@shark.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Airplanes gain weight Message-ID: <517@shark.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 13:46:46 EST Article-I.D.: shark.517 Posted: Thu Feb 16 13:46:46 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 02:44:53 EST References: <908@ihuxl.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 12 Anyone know how much PAINT weighs? Smoke sticking to all the accessible surfaces of the plane, over time, begins to approximate another coat of paint. If you don't believe this then just go to any dorm room, bathroom, restaurant, or other place where smoking is a popular pastime. Look at the ceiling and see how much smoke has accumulated. They usually wash these places down fairly thoroughly about once every year or two. Smoke gets in your eyes, Hutch