G'day Roy,


 RM> RM> six months later. As an example, I can recall the sessions
 RM> RM> during which both our kids (James is 8 months, Julia is 4
 RM> RM> years) were conceived. Definitely *not* routine.
 RM>
 RM> GG> Oh, you rented a trampoline for the event, huh?   
 RM>
 RM> The Octopus at the show, actually. (The shooting gallery was busy.)

I'm confused. Octopus at the show?    You mean the Royal Show??


 RM> The crowd cheered like crazy.

They probably thought they were next in line!

 RM> GG> Bugger, coz it is REALLY light here.  :-(
 RM>
 RM> How close is the country?

Wouldn't matter because even the country has light pollution.  :-(

 RM> Can you get a hill between you and the waste light?

ROFL!   There ARE no hills here.   To acheive both, I'd have to go
about 2 hours away.


 RM> GG> still takes me a long long long time to adapt to darkness.
 RM> GG> Usually I'm totally blind.  :-/
 RM>
 RM> Close your eyes and think of England.. no, belay that, you'd forget
 RM> all about astronomy if you started that.

Having never been to England, I wouldn't have much to think about.
'cept the line from Sliders that "The sun never sets on the British
Empire because ....  God doesn't trust the bastards!"   


 RM> A fair chunk of dark adapting happens in the first 15 minutes, and

Fat lotta good that did me when I was putting a tempermental baby to
bed and trying to creep out of the room without disturbing him...
(something that required all the skill of careful precision timing,
stealth, luck and fate.

 RM> gradually after that for another hour or two. But it has to be dark
 RM> all the time - you can't turn the car interior light on for just a
 RM> few seconds to find something, and you have to learn how to light
 RM> your fags with one hand firmly over your eyes. Dim red light is ok,
 RM> though, the dark vision cells in the eye aren't very red sensitive.

Huh.   Somehow I don't think I'll be sitting around in the dark much
doing exercises.

 RM> Oh, and you're supposed to *eat* the carrots, btw.

OH.     The big ones WERE tempting to use otherwise. 

 RM> weeks. In daytime, he wore close fitting dark sunnies (this does
 RM> work: if you want good eyes tonight, avoid full sunlight today). He

Sounds like a winner to me.  Sunlight zaps energy... coz everytime I'm
out during the day I always end up more tired at the end of the day
than if I'd stayed in as usual.

 RM> he was ready, he could stalk cats in the dark. With his scope and
 RM> his oxygen 3 filter, he succeeded. There's something in that for
 RM> all of us, but I'm not sure what.

Good grief.

 RM> RM> GG> ... I liked QWKRR128 so much, I married the programmer.
 RM>
 RM> RM> Already?? Where was my invitation?????
 RM>
 RM> GG> Well, we did live together for a year you know.  And we'd
 RM> GG> still be living together if it weren't for such things as
 RM> GG> immigration laws.
 RM>
 RM> RM> Grump
 RM> GG> Poor you!   We haven't had the CEREMONY yet, if that's what
 RM> GG> you mean.
 RM>
 RM> When it happens, We Want Photos. Gifs, Tifs, Jpegs, Bmps, we're
 RM> not fussy.

How about a QuickTime movie instead?  

Cheers,
Gaelyne

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