Aye, of course if one is currently enjoying zero gravity, the flotation
might be literal. <g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 2:35 PM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> :-) It’s good to have an appreciative audience, Bob ;-)
>
> Chris
>
> > On 22 Sep 2015, at 19:38, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > You go, Chief Constable! An excellent definition/example.
> >
> > --Bob Whitmire
> > Certified Neanderthal
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 1:14 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:
> ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >> Sigh (again :-))
> >>
> >> “Floating” is the action of a buoyant object, for instance, on the
> surface
> >> of a liquid. To describe something as "floating in front of my face",
> such
> >> as an apparition or a feather in breeze, is a figurative use of the
> word,
> >> not literal.
> >>
> >> So the HUD is there, but it’s not “floating” in the literal sense of the
> >> word.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 22 Sep 15, at 02:27, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Why not, Chris? Are you saying that the graphical information in the
> HUD
> >> of
> >>> your fighter aircraft is just figuratively there?
> >>
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