From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Sat Dec 12 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!agate!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news-a.ais.net!ais.net!nntp.giganews.com!solomon.io.com!news.tamu.edu!scully.tamu.edu!not-for-mail From: wej3715@scully.tamu.edu (Walter Eric Johnson) Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories,bionet.biology.cardiovascular,bionet.biophysics,bionet.info-theory,bionet.neuroscience Subject: Re: OSMOSIS? CAPILLARY ACTION? ROOT PRESSURE? Followup-To: alt.journalism.freelance,alt.journalism.newspapers,alt.sci.physics.new-theories,bionet.biology.cardiovascular,bionet.biophysics,bionet.info-theory,bionet.neuroscience Date: 13 Dec 1998 22:48:39 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Lines: 10 Message-ID: <751g87$e41$1@news.tamu.edu> References: <913539439.21414.0.nnrp-11.d4e44203@news.demon.co.uk> <913570043.11659.0.nnrp-06.d4e44203@news.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: unix.tamu.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Dec 1998 22:48:39 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: biosci bionet.biology.cardiovascular:2848 bionet.biophysics:4642 bionet.info-theory:6719 bionet.neuroscience:26506 Andrew K Fletcher (andrew.k.fletcher@naturesway.demon.co.uk) wrote: : Its mighty quiet out there? is this the calm before the storm or has science : already conceded? : : Surely someone out there must have something to say on this subject? Are you really suggesting that fingernails and toenails are just minerals which "settled to the bottom"? Eric Johnson .