In a message dated 11/4/04 11:56:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: The Nelson Bed. How making a model of the Nelson bed resulted in a better understanding of this damaged piece of metamorphic furniture. Ah, "metamorphic furniture." Furniture that does two or more things so poorly that it burns its owner. Perhaps the bed doubled as a rock? I wonder if it is damaged because somebody took an ax to it in frustration. Signed, Chippy Choppy, the wonder geologist Steve Stokowski Stone Products Consultants Building Products Microscopy 10 Clark St., Ste. A Ashland, Mass. 01721-2145 508-881-6364 (ph. & fax) http://members.aol.com/crushstone/petro.htm