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To: numberonepal
with people commenting in awe of the power of the satellite

The boy launched the item into orbit? Now I'm impressed.

Oh, wait, I see ... the author doesn't know what "satellite" means.

7 posted on 02/03/2011 5:22:47 AM PST by Tax-chick (When politicians are "civil," the Republic is threatened.)
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To: Tax-chick

I have caught many “locals” referring to their satellite dish receiver as their “satellite”...

“We have a satellite in our back yard”
“Oh, really? Did it crash there?”


9 posted on 02/03/2011 5:27:27 AM PST by MrB (Tagline suspended for important announcement on my about page. Click my handle.)
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To: Tax-chick

Sounds like he had a Sputnik moment.


38 posted on 02/03/2011 5:54:57 AM PST by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead.)
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To: Tax-chick
The boy launched the item into orbit? Now I'm impressed. Oh, wait, I see ... the author doesn't know what "satellite" means.

Well, maybe it's a really, really low-orbit, geosynchronous satellite.

40 posted on 02/03/2011 5:57:23 AM PST by kevkrom (De-fund Obamacare in 2011, repeal in 2013!)
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