Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Moon beams
From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:41:53 -0800

I still want to know how the earth can be at its closest point to the sun 3
to 4 times per year?  Last I heard, the the orbit is an ellipse and the
earth only goes around the sun once a year -- by definition.

Tom

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Moon beams


> At 09:44 AM 12/20/1999 -0800, Jim Brick wrote:
> >
> >How extraordinary an event is, is directly related to the vision, frame
of
> >mind, and effort that one applies toward participating in that event.
> >
> >If you think something is nothing, then indeed that is, to you, what it
> >will be. Nothing.
> >
> >If, on the other hand, being out in gorgeous surroundings, under a full
> >moon, with crisp clear see forever winter mountain air, with no
competition
> >from artificial lights, with your LEICA, is an activity that you are with
> >anticipation looking forward to, it will indeed be an extraordinary
event.
> >
> >Regardless of what the naysayers say.
>
> Hold on here, brother.  I am not a "naysayer":  I am simply pointing out
> that this sort of event occurs three or four times EVERY year.  In this
> sense, I am a "yeah-sayer".
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>
>