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To: syriacus
This would be sad. I was once a member of the Astro Society of Las Cruses. Got to sit next to Clyde Tombaugh on one occasion. He was very hunched backed and frail but still had a sharp mind. He wore a Disney Watch with of course Pluto on it!
15 posted on 08/21/2006 10:07:13 AM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God bless our troops!! Our President and those who fight against the awful commie, liberal left!!)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
This would be sad. I was once a member of the Astro Society of Las Cruses. Got to sit next to Clyde Tombaugh on one occasion. He was very hunched backed and frail but still had a sharp mind. He wore a Disney Watch with of course Pluto on it!

Boy, would my husband envy you!!

My family loves Clyde!! On Clyde's birthday, we even bake cupcakes, which my husband brings to school in order to celebrate with his astronomy students. The students sent Clyde a birthday card one year...and he wrote a thank you to them.

Clyde is an American legend...an example of how people from humble backgrounds can get to unexpected places through their devotion to a field they love.

It would be a shame to "dump" his work.

31 posted on 08/21/2006 10:42:28 AM PDT by syriacus (Worried about attacks from Iran or Korea? Daschle wanted to scuttle our missile defense program)
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