how can we define anything as being level when we live on a globe?

Subject: how can we define anything as being level when we live on a globe?

Date: Wed Nov 22 12:33:09 2006
Posted by john
Grade level: nonaligned School: none
City: dublin State/Province: wicklow Country: ireland
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1164223989.Es

Message:


how can we say that floor is level or that bubble in the builders level is 
correct?
we live on a globe,sphere.ball, orb???
where do we take our levels  from????????????

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