At 02:58 PM 3/13/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:Maybe they [the French people] don't make sense all the time, but they can make a good wine. Maybe the two are connected? ;)
When talking about the constellations in class, particularly how it is so hard to make _anything_ out of the bunch of random stars that are supposed to represent some kind of figure, animal, or object, I point out that many of the constellations we have trace their origins back to people who lived thousands of years ago in the regions around the Mediterranean Sea, which incidentally is an area where for thousands of years grapes have been grown and turned into wine . . .
-- Ronn
Err? I think the constellations are obvious. If you had a job as a sheepherder and it's as clear as it can be, then the night sky comes alive.
I attended the planetarium show in NYC last year. First the speaker asked who had seen a truly clear night sky, then said only 1% of the country can see a truly clear night sky, from light pollution? Then he turned up the stars, from New York city brightness to what we should see and I'm thinking: I've seen it WAY brighter than that. I seen moonless nights that were bright enough to drive by.
Kevin T. - VRWC Star hustler - night owl - "Out on the floor he shuffles his feet away"
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