[kj] OT : a southern sky

[Brendan]

Call the council / police dude.

When I was a lad I worked at a shop and had to put out and bring in their
big signs every day, they were only about 1.5 * 2m, but in a big wind they
were practically unmanageable, and I'm not weak...corrugated iron is a lot
heavier than shitboard wood...

There was also a story of a man getting decapitated by a sheet of
corrugated iron that flew off a house during a storm in the street below
me...not sure if it was true or not but that was the story. I'll ask my
old man...

Enjoy the storm, I love em! Stay safe.


> also, under these southern skies... worst storm of the decade the

> reports are saying!

> my immediate personal drama, is that the roof of the wood shed has

> blown off, and is perched/wedged in some tree's right on the side of

> the road, which is SHW1, the main road... loads of cars racing by...

> winds are sposed to increase... should i attempt to man-handle the

> roof back to safety(?) should i trust that it is wedged more safely

> that i could secure it? do i even be foolish enough to go near it in

> these winds? (by myself i might add...) its only about 2m square,

> corrugated iron, would be a mish to do even on a fine day... thinking

> about calling some help...

>

> otherwise, all is well, the mrs is cooking me breakfast in bed!

>

> =)

>

>

>

> On 7/26/08, pssyche23 <antoni at clara.net> wrote:

>> Just in case anyone (especially up here in the northern hemisphere) has

>> noticed a very bright object appear in the south east night sky, in the

>> hours after sunset, over the past few evenings I'm glad to announce it's

>> the

>> return of Jupiter ... as the link below suggests, with a small pair of

>> binoculars (ie. 7 x 50) you can see it as a white disc (as opposed to a

>> twinkling star) ...

>>

>> * http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/25508949.html *

>>

>> Last time I seriously bothered to observe Jupiter was about 12 summers

>> ago

>> ... and the 4 largest of it's (20?) moons were visible through my 20-60

>> x 50

>> telescope and they seemed to change positions almost every night, as the

>> image in the URL suggests ... not everyone's cup of tea but for sure

>> beats

>> watching Big Brother ...

>>

>> Regards, Antoni

>

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