er indoors TM"
was supposedly dying to death of lurgy yesterday. That didn't stop
her doing God knows what until the small hours; finally clumping to
bed at 3am and waking me up. I then lay awake befire finally getting
up shortly after 5am and watching drivel on the telly wishing I was
asleep.
Eventually it was time to
set off for the business of the day, and leaving er indoors TM"
and "Furry Face TM" fast asleep I
made my way to the town centre. The astro club was doing a display on
the town bandstand as part of national astronomy week. I arrived to
find Steve, Sarah, Denver and Jo getting ready, and I chipped in as I
do.
We were soon set up and
talking to the general public. Being broad daylight there was only
really one star we could gaze at, and the solar telescope was put to
good use.
We got loads of interest
from the general public; I met loads of friends; it's amazing how
many people were in town today. "My Boy TM"
was even passing and I had McLunch with him and Lacey.
And we saw loads of nut
cases who taught me so much. I learned that the first meteorite to
hit the Moon did so in 1969, and it is currently on display in a
museum in Japan. Also I found out that America's sun has got a
sunspot which is about to explode and spray solar material all over
America. However there is no need for my loyal readers on this side
of the Atlantic to worry; the British sun is fine.
We had an enquiry; a chap
wanted me to tell him what was wrong with his telescope. Apparently
no matter what direction he points the thing, all he ever sees was
the ground.
We had the family from
Deliverance who asked if we could see aliens through our telescopes.
We had the village idiot
who asked how many UFOs we had reported to the police this year.
And we had one rather
special fellow who liked nothing more than lying on his back and
staring up so that he couldn't see anything else but the universe. As
if anyone has ever seen anything else (!)
I took a
few photos of the event. It was good fun.
The Rear Admiral had left
his car outside the house, so I walked home with him via the
milkshake shop where I had a Maltesers milk shake. The miilkshake
shop has a very wide repertoire; they even offer milkshakes made from
bakes beans or pickled onions. Tempted as I might be, next time I
shall settle for one made from a Mars bar.
Being back on regular
hours I don't have time mid-week for domestic trivia any more, so
this evening I set the washing machine to have a fight with my smalls
whilst I did this week's installment on my on-line course.
Astoundingly I scored 90% on TCP/IP protocols. I think it's fair to
say that the amazement experienced by my loyal readers on learning
this fact is as nothing when compared to my own...
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