Yep. It was the last thing I saw as they wheeled me in the emergency room at
midnight.  All I could think was, "Oh man, the emergency room in new haven
on a full moon, what next?"  After two days of flue, dehydrated, I passed
out in the bathroom, I banged my head and broke my nose.  Very colorful and
seasonally New England;  green carpet, red blood and, and...  four days a
sleeping, three quarts of fluid, two cat scans, and a big red nose to lead
the sleigh.
So, can I say Merry Christmas now?
Happy Holidays to all.
May ye sleep with the fullness of the new year's moon.
Best,
Leland

Leland R. S. Torrence
Leland Torrence Enterprises and the Guild
17 Vernon Court, Woodbridge, CT  06525
Office:  203-397-8505
Fax:  203-389-7516
Mobile:  203-981-4004
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From: plz practice conservation of histo presto eye blinks
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of William Gould
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:53 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [BP] last night moon light

The reason the moon and mars are so spectacular is that they are as close to
the earth as they get.  At least on December 23, 07,there was less than a
degree of separation between mars and the moon at 10:00 PM and in Europe the
moon would occult mars.  Mars will not be this close again until 2010. The
moon was almost directly overhead causing little shadow and will not be this
high in the sky again until 2020 so I was told.

Pretty good stuff









On 12/25/07 11:29 AM, "John Leeke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yes, we had the moon and mars here in Portland, Maine, too.
> 
> It's dusk here by 3:30pm, and pitch dark by 5:00 when we stepped out to
> walk down to the neighbor's for Christmas Eve celebrations.
> 
> Air clear, cold, calm. The silver dollar Moon rising over oceanic fog
> bank laying across the harbor drifting out across the Gulf of Maine to
> the Atlantic. Slight half halo encircles the moon out past three wispy
> clouds floating by, with Mars close in, not the familiar faint pink,
> rather striking red beacon.
> 
> Phyllis and I stopped to observe the spectacle, then struggled to keep
> an eye on it and the icy brick sidewalks, stopping at a few  neighbors
> to drop off warm loaves of Czech houska holiday bread, arriving at the
> party--neighbors, brothers of neighbors, nieces of neighbors, cousins of
> acquaintances, beaus of the now grown girls across the street--friendly
> folks every one. All chow down on Pilot Bread and Lobstah Choudah.
> 
> John Leeke
> 
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