>Rachel,
>
>  Yours is a very interesting story about the two rocks, one hanging and the
>other suspended, but I am real confused.  Two magnets depending on their
>polarities would either attract or repel.  How could one magnet hold another
>in suspense a set distance away?
>
>Kevin McCartney, Ph.D.
>Associate Prof., Geology

Polarities etc. considered, the magnets attracted one another. One was
suspended from the ceiling by a string, the other was anchored to the floor
by string. Irresistable attraction, destined to be forever
unconsummated...an old story.

--Rachel "Ms. Smarty-Pants" Hull