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              The following is an update regarding the Norwegian

           Perpetual Motion Machine as detailed in the file FINSRUD.

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Transcript of interview with Reidar Finsrud

(from Norwegian TV Channel 2)



Interviewer :

  "If the artist and jack-of-all-trades Reidar Finsrud is right he has

   succeeded in making a machine that man has been trying to make for a

   thousand years; the Perpetuum Mobile. In plain English, an eternally

   operating machine. A machine that just keeps on going without external

   influence of any kind."



  "The painter, graphic artist and sculptor Reidar Finsrud has used 12 years

   making one of our history's most mythical devices: the Perpetuum Mobile."



R.F:

  "I have spoken to some people saying 'nonsense, all rubbish' and then come

   down here to visit me. Then, after they have watched it operate for awhile,

   their attitude changes completely. They leave here happy and content."



Interviewer :

  "In addition to visitors being pleased when watching the machine in the

   glass mount, some are quite spellbound by this original, unusual work of

   art."



R.F:

  "I have had people in here talking about religion, I have had people saying

   'That's it! Yes of course, that's it! Some who were standing here watching

   it would go 'yes of course! You have got it right!'  And I have had others

   who just stand there. I have had people standing for over an hour just

   watching and watching and watching. This is of course very exciting for me,

   but it makes me a little bit nervous, but.....  Then I start thinking: Is

   he going to try and stop it again using telekinesis or something."



Interviewer :

  "The first few nights he did not get much sleep, but after almost 2 weeks

   the 'dad' feels the machine is ready to live its own life."



R.F:

  "And now I have stopped watching over it. I don't feel like it is a sick

   child any more. I feel confident it will keep on going in the future."



Update on inventors address:  Finsrud (just like his name),

                              just outside OSLO, Norway



The steel ball:  It's weight is more like 2 pounds. Not 20 Pounds.



Placement of the timing slot: The slot with the flexible steel wire is placed

just in front of the horse-magnet.



The revolution time:  4.2 seconds to circle the track.

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