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Prepare for the Perseids (Are you Ready for Some Meteors?!)
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| August 6, 2007
| Tony Flanders
Posted on 08/08/2007 11:56:13 AM PDT by Squidpup
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"The stars are ours tonight"
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posted on
08/08/2007 11:56:18 AM PDT
by
Squidpup
To: Squidpup
Thanks for the reminder. With a Shuttle launch upcoming I forgot and I even watched the History Channels “Fire in the Sky”
this morning.
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:01:40 PM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: Squidpup
And remember, with Global Warming they should glow really BRIGHT! :)
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:03:43 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: Squidpup
And they glow in the dark too.
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:04:33 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Squidpup
August is the best month overall to view meteors from the Northern Hemisphere Must be so. Saw a star a week ago. Maybe three tonight unless it clouds up. Might see a meteor if it happens between 1:30 and 2:30 AM.
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:04:54 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:06:13 PM PDT
by
GulfBreeze
(Support America, Support Duncan Hunter for President.)
To: Squidpup
20 yrs ago we had a great show since then about 3yrs ago we stopped watching due to the duds in the past decade.
Somebody ping me if they get hot and come alive again.
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:06:17 PM PDT
by
Global2010
( In Prayful retreat and faith as St.Patty was but living in angst like Job.)
To: Squidpup
We make a night out of it. Get some blankets, some wine, soda, a picnic basket full of goodies, and lay out in the back yard. It is a great way to spend an evening.
Bug spray comes in handy too.
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:08:10 PM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear..on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
To: Squidpup
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:09:30 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: RightWhale
Saw a star a week ago.Nah, just a helicopter.
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:11:57 PM PDT
by
numberonepal
(Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
To: numberonepal
It was a real star. I know the stars. I actually know the name of this one. It’s big, it’s bright, it’s blue. It’s headed this way.
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:14:59 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
To: RightWhale
Coming Soon!
L
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posted on
08/08/2007 12:19:52 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to ebola.)
To: Global2010
If what gets hot and comes alive again?? Oh, the meteors. Ok.
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posted on
08/08/2007 1:03:38 PM PDT
by
PinkDolphin
(Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt)
To: Squidpup
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posted on
08/08/2007 2:07:29 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: Squidpup
I was an engineer on KC-10 refuelers. I remember coming back from a refueling track (some years ago) late at night. It was during the time of these showers. The sky was moonless and at thirty-one thousand feet quite black. One of these babies came in, lighting up the night sky. They really are something to see.
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posted on
08/08/2007 3:51:45 PM PDT
by
samm1148
(Pennsylvania-They haven't taxed air--yet)
To: Squidpup
If it’s not cloudy, like usual. :(
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posted on
08/08/2007 8:32:51 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Rummyfan
That book creeped me out. Every time I hear about a meteor shower I think of that book.
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posted on
08/08/2007 8:34:13 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Squidpup
Look quick, all that CO2 up there will put them out fast.
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posted on
08/08/2007 8:36:18 PM PDT
by
this_ol_patriot
(I saw manbearpig and all I got was this lousy tagline.)
To: samm1148
A friend of mine had a new puppy that got her up in the middle of the night to go out, and the show was on. Not only was it the meteor shower, there was a beautiful aurora, too. And I missed it. She told me the next morning.
I’d PAY to have someone wake me up for that. sheesh.
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posted on
08/08/2007 8:37:04 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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posted on
08/08/2007 11:08:57 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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