[time-nuts] OT: Not pendulums or atomic clocks or gravity - the answer

[Rex]

On Thu, 31 May 2007 21:14:26 -0400, mikes at flatsurface.com (Mike S)
wrote:

>At 08:23 PM 5/30/2007, Palfreyman, Jim L wrote...
>
>>Now what about the reason why scales don't work on carpet...
>
>They just don't work _well_, which is why fish evolved into amphibians 
>with legs and feet about 340 megayears ago (obligatory time-related 
>content). 
>

I'm suspicious. Timing matters. Surely there was no carpet available
back then to stimulate the evolutionary adaptation.