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| 7.62mm Crusader |
Looking to my west, the lowest star in the sky, happens to be the brightest. It's there every night. Seeing 13' 6" high tractor/trailers driving beneath the star, heading north, I estimate the star to be 110' in the sky. Along comes a air liner northward to land. I measure the distance from the star to the bottom of the jet with my thumb and index finger, to be exactly 3/8". Phew, that was a close one. Can you imagine if he had his gear down ?  . Aren't you glad I'm not protecting you with artillary ? | ||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
I'm sure the pilot knew his clearance was sufficient. Nothing to worry about. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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Chip away the stone |
Another f-ing hotdog pilot  | |||
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A Grateful American |
That would have been bad if he had hit that star. It's Venus, and she ain't got no arms to wave him off!  "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I was going to say that "star" is the planet Venus. It's been very noticeable in the evening sky here, too. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Member |
I’m glad it wasn’t Uranus. P226 9mm CT Springfield custom 1911 hardball Glock 21 Les Baer Special Tactical AR-15 | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
You do know the proper pronunciation is "YOU ruh nus", not "your AY nus" don't you? (Just asking, and I DO get the joke.) flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
Is is really Venus ? I'll have to see what I can find on line. Pretty cool you guys. | |||
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| Donate Blood, Save a Life!  |
Cute story! David, Venus is commonly called the "Evening Star" when it's on the right side of the sun (as we view it from Earth) and the "Morning Star" when it's on the left side of the sun (again, as viewed from Earth). Its period of revolution is 224.7 days (versus Earth's 365 and change) so with both moving, we generally get to see it on both sides a couple of times a year. Of course, when it's within a few degrees of the sun or completely behind it (from our perspective), we don't see it at all.
Now that's comedy gold! https://www.marble-sculpture.c...venus-de-milo-statue *** "Aut viam inveniam aut faciam (I will either find a way or make one)." -- Hannibal Barca | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Shouldn't this be in the "what's in your glass" thread? You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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| Conveniently located directly above the center of the Earth  |
...that's what the yourAYnians want us to think **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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It's been "your AY nus" ever since the Klingons got there. | |||
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| Banned |
As George Carlin said, a near miss is a collission. 'look, they nearly missed. . ' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKdvTecYAM | |||
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| The Constable |
I think Saturn or Jupiter is very visible now as well...IIRC in opposition right now. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
First thing that came to mind when reading the thread title. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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Hell, I’m happy the spelling was right. P226 9mm CT Springfield custom 1911 hardball Glock 21 Les Baer Special Tactical AR-15 | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
I thought Bendable had hacked David Lee's account. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Political Cynic |
Venus is in the western sky near sunset, Jupiter is in the eastern sky just coming up its very bright right now, will make a great telescopic object tonight [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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Delusions of Adequacy |
I run a nice free little Android app called Sky Map. There are others, of course. But you can just hold your phone up to the sky and it will overlay the map and identify what you're looking at. I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
I'll try to remember that as I have no phone service now. | |||
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