Hi! Jeff,

On Mon, 26 Dec 11, you wrote to me:

 PQ>> I slipped out to the back porch/verandah for a quiet smoke around
 PQ>> 2300hrs local (which is close to yours as well IIRC) and caught 
 PQ>> sight of a partial (maybe 40%).  The moon was still climbing to a 
 PQ>> northerly aspect at that time, for us.
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 JS> Hello Paul. Thanks for your reply, and I apologize for the late
 JS> response, but I have been so busy here lately that I really haven't 
 JS> made the effort to log on to my BBS all that often.

No problemo, mate.  As always I have no expectations in BBS-ing and,
therefore, no disappointments.

 JS> With a name like Quinn, I'm guessing that you may possibly be
 JS> in Australia, which does separate us by a matter of hours by air
 JS> travel.

Yep, sure does.  AAMOF I recall once having a netmail duel with xxCarol
about who gets the new sunrise each new day, first.  =:)  (I have a second
cousin or two in Oregon - name[s] unknown.  And I bear no direct
relationship with Raymond Q~ in California.)

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 JS> about getting a good pair of binoculars and a sturdy tripod, but I am
 JS> not sure yet. You know . . . finances.

Ah, yes.  I keep one (el cheapo) hanging on the back verandah.  One of
those *free* gift things from a catalogue ordering joint.  If you ever get
to this part of OZ you are welcome to a larger-than-average kids telescope.
 I once set it up long enough to find that the 'viewing' from this
neighbourhood was not worth the while, so, I re-boxed it (the way it came
TTBOMK) the very next day.

Cheers,
Paul.

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