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| 7/11/08
| R. Hurt (SSC)
Posted on 07/11/2008 3:36:36 PM PDT by sig226
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posted on
07/11/2008 3:36:37 PM PDT
by
sig226
To: fnord; Number57; KevinDavis; rdb3; MNJohnnie; thoughtomator; RightWhale; proudofthesouth; ...
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posted on
07/11/2008 3:37:23 PM PDT
by
sig226
(Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
To: sig226
I just read recently that the M-31/Andromeda galaxy and the Milky Way are on a collision course. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!
To: LiberConservative
Yeh - we’re talking about 3 billion years left before the Big One. I’m not starting any long magazine subscriptions.
To: Billthedrill
Heck, I’m not even buying any green bananas.
To: sig226
Great, our galaxy has not only one bar but two!
Howabout that. Cheers, everyone!
To: sig226
"....the counterpart inner arms now establish that the galaxy has a simple symmetry."Science is sill discovering God's wonders on a daily basis!
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posted on
07/11/2008 4:06:59 PM PDT
by
airborne
(End the "open primary" system now!!! Only Republicans should vote in Republican primaries!)
To: sig226
I’ve never seen all those labels.
I guess I need a better telescope.
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posted on
07/11/2008 4:10:14 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
Lol!
That was funny!
To: sig226
It’s true! Man really IS insignificant in The Big Scheme of Things.
And nothing brings that home faster than a gaze at a clear, star-filled sky. :)
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posted on
07/11/2008 4:39:48 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: DuncanWaring
To: BenLurkin
Uhm where is the “You are here” arrow???
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posted on
07/11/2008 5:22:59 PM PDT
by
WVNight
(We havn't played Cowboys and Muslims yet....)
To: WVNight
This map is the big one that this little slice was taken from. You can definatly see your house from here, but its a little hard to fold this one.
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posted on
07/11/2008 5:35:32 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: BitWielder1
Great, our galaxy has not only one bar but two! But it's a long way to drive home from either one. That's a lot of billboards hiding traffic cops to negotiate safely... hic.
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posted on
07/11/2008 5:42:06 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
:)
I see you're here too!
Someone was talking about you on the
Rush thread!
To: BitWielder1
It only took 18pc for Han Solo to get to the Galactic Bar via the Kessel Run...
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posted on
07/11/2008 6:17:25 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(A round for the Bar!)
To: mikrofon
Actually it was less than twelve parsecs...
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posted on
07/11/2008 7:42:43 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
To: mikrofon; JRios1968
Did you know that a parsec is a unit of distance not time?
:)
To: MaryFromMichigan
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posted on
07/11/2008 8:22:19 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
To: DuncanWaring
You can see them if you can write really small on the objective lens of your scope, but you have to be able to write upside down and backwards or it looks funny.
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:35:11 PM PDT
by
sig226
(Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
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