[Myrddin]

Water weighs 8.33 pounds per gallon...

On what planet? On earth, a gallon weighs 8 lbs. A quart is 32 oz....2 lbs. Four quarts in a gallon.

How much does the Pacific Ocean influence the wobble? It's a lot bigger. I think you're barking up the wrong tree here.

[WVKayaker]

Your 8 lbs is incorrect. As a former concrete technician for a ready mix provider, I have had to figure specific gravity and other factors in designing a "batch" formula. I learned it as 8.33 lbs (slight temperature variance). Argue that with God! It was His idea. I have also seen it expressed at 8.34.

I will gladly accept your apology :>)

[John W]

As a wastewater superintendent, if I used 8 instead of 8.33 to report pounds of a pollutant in the effluent, I would go to jail.

[WVKayaker]

If you know about wheel balancing, you put a weight on the outside to reduce wobble. Wrong weight can increase it.

The Pacific hasn't moved lately, has it?

There are more frequent earthquakes these days, and man has moved mountains, and added dams... just wondering?

God set that all in motion before man came into the picture... and we know how to screw things up real well.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Check out this table on the weight and density of water at various temperatures.

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/water-density-specific-weight-d_595.html