Several years ago I purchased a futon frame and mattress. I toted it home in my pickup truck and SWMBO and I quite handily carried the frame into the downstairs back room. I personally carried the mattress, with ease, from the truck to the frame. No big feat, there, as I was quite able to overcome the gravitational force upon the mass of the mattress.
Apparently, over time, the agent has increased, the mattress has gained mass or my fourteen year old grandson Austin is a beast.
The other day, I watched Austin toss the futon mattress over his shoulder and trot it up the stairs to its new resting place on the second floor. Just three days earlier, I had slid the mattress off the futon frame with the intention of doing the same. However, after struggling for about twenty seconds and not being able to pick it up, I spent the next eight minutes sliding it up off the floor back onto the frame.
I never got the memo! It was never in the newspaper (of course, I only get it on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday so it may have been in Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday). Good Morning America never reported it and I watch it faithfully every morning (OK, only the first thirty minutes, but I would have thought news this big would have led the broadcast).
When did the force of gravity increase ten-fold or when did the futon mattress gain so much mass? One of those must surely be the reason why I couldn’t lift it over my shoulder and trot it up the stairs. Surely.
Physics 101 Part 2 - I wonder if I looked up “Theory of Relativity” I would see it defined as my grandson is a beast?