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Meteor shower reminder

#1 Post by AnnieCamaro » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:21 pm

Set your alarm clock. The Perseids are here, with the maximum expected at 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Get up early. Go outside while it's still dark. Wish upon a falling star.

Wishes don't know the difference between falling stars and meteors.

/:P\
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#2 Post by SportsFan68 » Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:30 pm

Thanks, Annie!

I'm gonna go outside right now. I bet I see four or five before I go to bed.
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#3 Post by AnnieCamaro » Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:02 pm

I was just outside, but I can't see anything yet. We have clouds across the whole sky. They are pinkish and pretty, though. I hope they'll be gone by morning.
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Re: Meteor shower reminder

#4 Post by Evil Squirrel » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:14 am

AnnieCamaro wrote:Set your alarm clock. The Perseids are here, with the maximum expected at 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Get up early. Go outside while it's still dark. Wish upon a falling star.

Wishes don't know the difference between falling stars and meteors.

/:P\
Or falling apples, which is about all you'll get to wish on in your backyard so long as I'm around....
Squirrels are the architects of forests, the planters of trees, nature's own acrobats and show a zest for life that can inspire us. Every day should be National Squirrel Appreciation Day!

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Many of these (squirrel) migrations were probably caused by food shortages as well as habitat overcrowding. We solved that for them. We not only reduced their habitat, we reduced the whole species by about 90%. The least we can do now is share a little birdseed with them.

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Re: Meteor shower reminder

#5 Post by earendel » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:21 am

AnnieCamaro wrote:Set your alarm clock. The Perseids are here, with the maximum expected at 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Get up early. Go outside while it's still dark. Wish upon a falling star.

Wishes don't know the difference between falling stars and meteors.

/:P\
They're quite lovely - even at 6AM with a bit of light pollution I've been able to see one or two.

And if I could locate The Charlie Fox Singers I'd request this song:

Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away!
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day!

For love may come an' tap you on the shoulder,
Some star-less night!
Just in case you feel you wanna’ hold her,
You’ll have a pocketful of starlight!

Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away! ( Never let it fade away! )
Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day! ( Save it for a rainy day! )

For love may come and tap you on the shoulder,
Some star-less night!
An’ just in case you feel you wanta’ hold her,
You’ll have a pocketful of starlight!

( . . . pocketful of starlight! ) [ hum in time ]

Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away! ( Never let it fade away! )
Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day! ( Save it for a rainy . . . Save it for a rainy, rainy rainy day! )

For when your troubles startn’ multiplyin’,
An' they just might!
It’s easy to forget them without tryin’,
With just a pocketful of starlight!

Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away! ( Never let it fade away! )
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day!

( Save it for rainy day! ) Save it for a rainy day!
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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Re: Meteor shower reminder

#6 Post by littlebeast13 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:23 am

earendel wrote:
AnnieCamaro wrote:Set your alarm clock. The Perseids are here, with the maximum expected at 7 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Get up early. Go outside while it's still dark. Wish upon a falling star.

Wishes don't know the difference between falling stars and meteors.

/:P\
They're quite lovely - even at 6AM with a bit of light pollution I've been able to see one or two.

Light pollution ain't the only pollution obscuring the sky around here....

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Sorry ear, but we're rock stars!

#7 Post by CharlesFoxSingers » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:26 am

Johnny was a schoolboy
When he heard his first Beatles song
Love Me Do, I think it was
And from there it didn't take him long
Got himself a guitar
Used to play every night
Now he's in a rock 'n roll outfit
And everything's all right
Don't you know

Johnny told his mama
Hey, mama I'm going away
I'm gonna hit the big time
Gonna be a big star someday
Mama came to the door
With a teardrop in her eye
Johnny said, don't cry, mama
Smile and wave goodbye
Don't you know, yeah, yeah

Don't you know that you are a shooting star
Don't you know
Don't you know that you are a shooting star
And all the world will love you
Just as long, as long as you are

Johnny made a record
It went straight up to number one
Suddenly everyone loved
To hear him sing his song
Watching the world go by
Surprising it goes so fast
Johnny looked around him and said
Well, I made the big time at last
Don't you know, don't you know

Don't you know that you are a shooting star
Don't you know
Don't you know that you are a shooting star
And all the world will love you
Just as long, as long as you are
A shooting star

Don't you know that you are a shooting star
Don't you know
Don't you know that you are a shooting star
And all the world will love you
Just as long, as long as you are

Johnny died one night
Died in his bed
Bottle of whiskey
Sleeping tablets by his head
Johnny's life passed him by
Like a warm summer day
If you listen to the wind
You can still hear him play

Don't you know that you are a shooting star
Don't you know
Don't you know that you are a shooting star
Don't you know
Na na na na na na na na na na na na...

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#8 Post by danielh41 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:34 am

We've got a pretty thick cloud covering over us. The sky has looked like it was going to rain for the last three days now, but we haven't had a drop yet.

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#9 Post by Here's Fanny! » Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:39 am

Oh, Charles Fox Singers, you couldn't know that one of the bass players I studied BITD was Boz Burrell.

Where exactly are the Perseids? I think I've tried to see them before, but have never been successful. It's already light around here at 5 am though.
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#10 Post by SportsFan68 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:21 am

I dint see any either -- there was about 2/3 cloud cover, that's where the Perseids musta been.

We'll try again tonight.
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#11 Post by Ed McMahon » Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:23 am

Is someone searching for stars? I could really use a job you know...
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!

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