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Abner
10-15-2011, 13:26
What weighs more, a pound of feathers, or a pound of lead?

ekeverette
10-15-2011, 13:47
a pound is a pound?

hikerboy57
10-15-2011, 13:56
they both weigh more.

Hosaphone
10-15-2011, 14:44
The lead will pack down smaller though and has dwr coating.

hikerboy57
10-15-2011, 14:48
but you can trim the featherweight along the way(a feather at a time), much harder to do with the lead

4eyedbuzzard
10-15-2011, 15:01
What are you, dense?

Feral Nature
10-15-2011, 15:46
Neither one.

hikerboy57
10-15-2011, 16:02
What are you, dense?no, Im viscous.

4eyedbuzzard
10-15-2011, 16:46
No one seems to grasp the massive gravity of this quandary.

hikerboy57
10-15-2011, 16:52
No one seems to grasp the massive gravity of this quandary.
understood.as the concept of weight is determined by two or more bodies, proportional to the distance between, the OPs question has no meaning unless it is relative to a third party, in this case, planet earth. the real question is which has more mass.

strollingalong
10-15-2011, 17:15
...walked in on a primary school yard discussion involving some pedantic physicists

strollingalong
10-15-2011, 17:16
anyway, lead's heavier than feathers. anyone knows that...jeeeeeeeez

Abner
10-15-2011, 23:07
Thank you all for setting me straight on this vexing question :confused: I stretch every sinew and nerve to under-stand.

Really thank you for all the replies. Especially as one of you brilliant minds observes that as regards backpacking: a pound of feathers and a pound of lead are both heavier. :( I hadn't thought of that. Yes, I know this rings true for me; I grasp this viscerally in the low back. And further, I gotta agree: few grasp the true gravity of this situation. And thanks for the suggestion that it is not weight at all but mass I should consider. Any more thoughts on these weighty matters?

LIhikers
10-16-2011, 22:57
What weighs more, a pound of feathers, or a pound of lead?

......Yes.....

Old Hiker
10-17-2011, 18:14
no, Im viscous.

Ah, a non-Newtonian fluid.

TrilliumTrekker
10-20-2011, 20:47
Just take half

Tinker
10-20-2011, 21:21
No one can go feather than they are lead. :D