> Hi Don,

> Thanks ever so much for responding so quickly and
> eloquently......

My pleasure.

> One thing that has surfaced, for me, is the concept of
> "The Floating Advantage" (Sorry to copy your
> pun from page 69 of BJA3).

Ha! I had forgotten that. :-)

> I have to admit that I have, in the past, skated over
> chapter 6 in my eagerness to get to the exciting
> tables at the end of the book.

You're not the only one! It is important, though.

> Although I am having trouble understanding WHY the
> Floating Advantage exists,

You're far from alone, and you're in awfully good company, as Peter Griffin himself was a skeptic for a while, as well, as you can read in the beginning of the chapter.

> I am convinced that it certainly DOES exist......Thank >You.

Yes, it does, although I wish it had proven to be somewhat more important, after all the work and research we did to demonstrate the effect. Still it was an important breakthrough, and John Gwynn did a spectacular job with the computer simulations.

Don