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To: MtnClimber
2 posted on
08/16/2025 3:41:20 PM PDT by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
"You're not Perseid material!"
"We'll just see about that. Ta ta, Swift-Tuttle."

To: MtnClimber
The tears of Saint Lawrence. Martyred on August 10 258 AD. The origin of these meteors is Swift Tuttle. If that comet ever hit Earth it would end Civilization.
8 posted on
08/16/2025 10:20:22 PM PDT by
Nateman
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