[eddirichard (OP)]

Metals especially iron stick to magnets. I'm not made of iron so why don't I just float away?[V]

[neilep]

.....I'm not a scientist here but I wonder if something called gravity has something to do with it :-)..

Oh...and we all have a little iron in us too....I think enough to make a one inch nail or somethin.

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

[tweener]

Neil is right.  You don't float away because gravity, not magnetism, is attracting you to the earth.  The earth has a magnetic field, but that is not what causes things to "stick" to it - that is purely gravity.

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John - The Eternal Pessimist.

[Exodus]

I'm crap at physics but isnt it one of Newtons laws that anything with mass has a gravitational pull?

[neilep]

What is it that someone once said ? 'there's no gravity...the Earth sucks'...it's an oldie but a goodie.

'Men are the same as women...just inside out !'

[tweener]

quote:Originally posted by Exodus

I'm crap at physics but isnt it one of Newtons laws that anything with mass has a gravitational pull?

You're close!  That comes from Einstein.

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John - The Eternal Pessimist.

[Exodus]

thanks, you can see where my strengths lie! lol