# newton (force)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newton-force/3289>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 16, 1999, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newton-force/3289 "1999-09-16T19:21:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newton-force/3289/21 "1999-09-18T06:14:00Z")

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Well, I’m not a-gassed at GasDr. While many more MDs play golf, sail yachts, fly planes or drink expensive wines, they’re all interested more in their sports than in what goes on in the OR. I assume the first thing GasDr did, upon finishing his basic physics course, was sell his textbook for it. I’ve always been impressed that MDs seldom ever crack a _ **medical** _ book 6 mo after leaving med school. (My physics book agrees, of course, with the corrected answer given in this thread.) Does GasDr also dive off mountains when he gets to the top – like that Aussie MD?

Ray (a piker hiker)

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**Author:** ![elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbow)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newton-force/3289/22 "1999-09-18T08:00:00Z")

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Well, I don’t know physics from jack, but this is the best thread I’ve read in days!  
Of course it’s 3:00 a.m. just now, but you guys blow me away sometimes!

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