Hey Tilt!

“Read about your first trip on ewkers thread--
Some things sounded very familiar--
Like the big green propane cylinders & Huge bottles of alchohol...also gals on the trip.
I spent a great night with a group of about 10 campers at Hobbs Cabin at the Savage Gulf several years ago in January--they had lots of 1/2 gallon bottles and about 10 of those propane cylinders and very good good taste in the ladies..
They said they were from Georgia--
By any chance --was that you?
I know this is a real stretch of reality to ask- but we had a huge time and heated the cabin up to about 80 degrees on a 10 degree night. I sure would like to hook up with that crew again.”

“Nope, twaren't me. At least not that particular time. One thing I recall about that trip is that I never mixed Everclear and Crystal Light Before Or Since. I also forgot my Cowboy Killers (Marlboro Lights) and had 5 cigarettes to last all weekend. That was a looooong three days.

(circa 1985)”

“Tried grain and gatorade once-quick death in a bottle”

“http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030415.html


Cool huh?


8)”

“that's #&%!$in awesome... the universe puts me in awe”

“The guys at APOD do great stuff. Check this out... a search on 'planetary nebula'.

Okay --- WTF is this?? LOL”

“LOL, that is your brain on drugs.. any questions?”

“Nope. No questions. That's okay.

Yep. This one's toast. Now I gotta grow a new brain.”

“More Goodies... !”

“Tilt, what you doing memorial day weekend?”

“Eating tofu hot dogs and burning Bush in?”

“LOL...I am thinking of losing the NEXTEL and disappearing for the weekend.”

“tilt, head north for the weekend and let's climb above treeline.”

“I've got a nother trip coming up in a few weeks so I'll be laying low... trying to get all my crap in one pile, donchaknow! LOL

"An Br'er Fox, he lay low..."


(The less anyone says about hotdogs to Nigel, the better!)”

“OKEE....just looking around for something...didn't know. I have to get OUT of town to get rest.”

“I heard that. Did a solo up in Shining Rock a couple of weeks ago. It was great to get away from everything... but it could have been about 10 degrees cooler! Should've packed my swimsuit for that big stream.”

“You wanted it coooooler?????”

“Yes! I did! LOL”

“so what happened to ya?”

“You Got Mail --- just now.”

“Is your email working?????”

“Hey What? LOL

oops! I was in the middle of something --- Lost in Space, donchaknow....”

“I can see you...'lost in space' for sure!”

“lost, or just enjoying the view?”

“I can hear the theme music ---- dig those horns!”

“Tilt.....is something going to happen on Aug 27th...something about Mars????”

“The green men are finally going to make a public appearance at Tilt's place!”

“You didn't get an email, did you?   < VBG >”

“...no but I have on my tin foil hat!!!”

“Apparently this started back in 2003 when Mars was kinda bright for a while... (not nearly as bright as the Moon, however!)

The August Mars Hoax Is Back

Mars Hoax Returns

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Mars Close to Earth


Currently, "Mars (magnitude +0.5, in Taurus) rises around 1 a.m. daylight saving time and is high in the east by dawn. Look for the Pleiades to its left"

- S & T

”

“--- LOL ---”

“Now I understand the comment "if I recieved an email"....yes...the same person sends me all the "Urban Legend" stuff...lol....
...and I always send her back the info about the fact that it IS an Urban Legend...
...and I figured if it was true...YOU would have let us know :)”

“More Fun With Science!

[ WINK ]”

“so it is FALSE???...men do NOT think of sex every 7 seconds????
dang...”

“according to Snopes, anyway!”

“Maybe I should do some research...lol..hahahahahahahahahahah.......”

“[ nooooooooo comment! ]”

“

Now, on the 28th...


NASA Science News for August 3, 2007
Mark your calendar: On Tuesday, August 28th, there's going to be a dreamy, colorful, total eclipse of the Moon.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03aug_dreamyeclipse.htm?list100250

The Science@NASA Podcast feed is available at http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.xml.


For East Coasters, the Moon sets halfway through the ordeal... when it's at its darkest.  The further West you are, the more you'll see:




(click for More Legible Virgin)
(then click AGAIN for Actually Legible Virgin)



Pacific Islanders see the whole thing.

For East Asians, the Moon rises with the show already in progress.

Africans, Europeans and Russians are screwed.



And it'll help if you're a vampire.... until sunrise, at least.



Werewolves?  All bets are off.


last edited: 8/03/07 11:01:46 AM”

“Total Loon??”

“
WTF does happen when a werewolf is out there doing his thing and the Full Moon passes into Earth's shadow?

In all the werewolf movies ever made, I don't think this has been addressed properly.

I bet it   #&%!$s   him up.






last edited: 8/03/07 11:44:08 AM”

“I saw this and thought of you. Pretty cool stuff, huh?
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/15aug_mira.htm?list955127”

“Cool!

GALEX (not to be confused with "Daleks" LOL) is one of those small Explorer Class satellites... So small that it's launched by the Pegasus XL, from under the wing of a Lockheed L-1011 (like the X-15)!

It specialises in the ultraviolet spectrum which makes it perfect for things like this.

I was thinking "Mira" sounded familiar, like maybe one of the Pleiades, but it's in Cetus (the Whale)... more of a southern hemisphere constellation.  Its previous claim to fame was as a long-period variable.

I did a quick search and besides Mira Sorvino, there's a band in Tallahassee... LOL

(didn't "Omicron Ceti" turn up in an original Star Trek?)”

“Sky & Telescope article
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/9179047.html

JPL Press Release
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-090

More
http://www.galex.caltech.edu/MEDIA/2007-04/”

“You can't post a post on your own Hey Tilt thread...well...you know!”

“Hey -- Treebait started this round!

I just posted something else on the same subject --- [aHem]”

“AND, as you might surmise, that lightning that came through about 5:15 missed!”

“Would PLEASE check your mail!!!!”

“Pull my finger.”

“Just sent you a reply....


Isn't that Ignore Feature just The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?”

“is sliced bread REALLY where we should set the bar?”