>Sam was demanding to see one, having waited outside for what must have been >a very long 10 minutes to him, when, right on cue, as soon as Sam had >extorted "Well, C'mon, let's see one!", a huge arc of yellow light cut the >heavens in half - he was most impressed with his apparent ability to summon >them up!!
OK, next time tell him to try, "C'mon Dad, let's see a nice oriented 5 kilo Lunar land on the lawn!" :-) Saw lots of things falling from the sky up here in Alaska last night...unfortunately they were all raindrops! It never fails! Jeannie >Well, I have been waiting a long time to be able to sit outside with my >oldest boy at 11 o clock at night and watch a meteor storm! Made me feel >like a real parent! And Sam (who is 10) got a real buzz being able to stay >up late! >What a gas!!! not a great number of them, but those that we saw veritably >cut the sky in half and left a trail for a second or two. Like breathtaking >rockets, they were! >Sam was demanding to see one, having waited outside for what must have been >a very long 10 minutes to him, when, right on cue, as soon as Sam had >extorted "Well, C'mon, let's see one!", a huge arc of yellow light cut the >heavens in half - he was most impressed with his apparent ability to summon >them up!! >After an hour or so I thought it was about time the young chap want to bed - >he agreed to go after seeing one last one. No sooner had I agreed this with >him when another lit up the sky...."night, Sam, off to bed!" - he couldn;t >argue! > >What really surprised me was the very large number of satellites we both saw >going across the sky - maybe 6 or so? They were not planes (previous >experience has helped me to tell the difference between planes and a >satellite overpass) > >What wondrous heavens!! > > > > >In gentle decay, >d. >"I have a proof that x^n+y^n=z^n never has integer solutions for n>2. >however, it won't fit into my signature file...." > >IMCA #0092 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (for IMCA member contact) > >http://www.meteorites.ic24.net/index.html > > > > > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
