> Well, okay... I read that, and similar questions as "Do you
know
> what year the hay baler was invented if hay baling is at all
> relevant to your novel?" I confess that I don't know, off the top
of
> my head, how much gold actually weighs either. Though I
> assume it's heavy. This is, however, the sort of thing I would
> look up if I were going to have my characters cart truckloads
of
> gold around. I already checked with my sister on realistic
> expectations for the speed/distance a typical packhorse could
> manage in a day.

*sighs* My novel (first book in a trilogy) has a character who
started off in the real world and got transported to the fantasy
world.

I think I'm gonna write a story that answers yes to ALL of those
questions. THAT should be good.

-Rifty