jutfrank
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I agree that weigh in I weigh 90 kg is a stative verb.
I was thinking about the idea of weightlessness, as in zero gravity conditions. States such as this can be located in time, having duration. I imagine a galactic explorer talking to an interviewer about what it's like to travel between various planetary systems :
Explorer: Most of the time I'm travelling between star systems so I don't weigh, but when I enter the gravitational pull of a planet, I do weigh—anything from a few milligrams up to several hundred megagrams, depending on the planet.
Interviewer: How long do you weigh?
Explorer: Usually a few hours on each planet.
(No? Okay. Maybe on second thoughts, you're right—it doesn't work!)
I was thinking about the idea of weightlessness, as in zero gravity conditions. States such as this can be located in time, having duration. I imagine a galactic explorer talking to an interviewer about what it's like to travel between various planetary systems :
Explorer: Most of the time I'm travelling between star systems so I don't weigh, but when I enter the gravitational pull of a planet, I do weigh—anything from a few milligrams up to several hundred megagrams, depending on the planet.
Interviewer: How long do you weigh?
Explorer: Usually a few hours on each planet.
(No? Okay. Maybe on second thoughts, you're right—it doesn't work!)