Thanks, Kev, for applying this theory expertly in untangling the coils of rope in the church garage. There may be a spiritual dimension to string theory about staying flexible and open and not being too tightly coiled.
My father hated whenever I went out and flew a kite. My inability to properly reel in the string and always bring home a kite and a pile of knots led him to believe I could cause any linear object to knot simply by looking at it.
"The most egregious violation of this I often see is somebody rolling up an electrical cord between the hand and elbow." Guilty as charged, many, many times over...ooops!
Fascinating. Who would have thunk it..... actually I remember a segment on NPR many years ago that talked about tangling objects. That episode was all 'science-y and include math. Yours is much more entertaining.
I've watched countless videos on YouTube for the "correct" way to wrap an extension cord... Nope.. Still always handier cuz I'm in a hurry to wrap around the hand and elbow.. Then, fight and cuss two months or two minutes later....
Thanks, Kev, for applying this theory expertly in untangling the coils of rope in the church garage. There may be a spiritual dimension to string theory about staying flexible and open and not being too tightly coiled.
Actually meant coils of hose.
It was a good demonstration of string theory in practice.
My father hated whenever I went out and flew a kite. My inability to properly reel in the string and always bring home a kite and a pile of knots led him to believe I could cause any linear object to knot simply by looking at it.
Having innate tangling ability is a skill.
There has to be a factor of how big of hurry a person is in also..
Most certainly the rush fator is a huge component. If you have to be somewhere the tangle factor increases exponetially!
"The most egregious violation of this I often see is somebody rolling up an electrical cord between the hand and elbow." Guilty as charged, many, many times over...ooops!
The electrical cord almost always tangles no matter what you do.
And I have the battle scars to prove it.
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I agree. There are some great thinker here.
Fascinating. Who would have thunk it..... actually I remember a segment on NPR many years ago that talked about tangling objects. That episode was all 'science-y and include math. Yours is much more entertaining.
Thanks
Great post!
I am old enough to remember spools of baling wire, and to know what happens when strings arent managed right: they "go haywire".
Haywire off the reel would be a real mess.
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I've watched countless videos on YouTube for the "correct" way to wrap an extension cord... Nope.. Still always handier cuz I'm in a hurry to wrap around the hand and elbow.. Then, fight and cuss two months or two minutes later....