Lunar Eclipse
 

Did everyone enjoy the lunar eclipse of the moon last night? We had a perfect view from Victoria - beautiful clear night......what an absolutely beautiful sight........

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Looked nice from here in Cabo San Lucas too. :)

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Was fantastic. Couldnt have had a better night here either. Didint stay up for the full eclipse mind you.

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Don't blame you......it started around 7pm here or so.....so we were lucky to see the entire thing.....kids and all. There are a few advantages to being in the last time zone :D

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Only eclipse i saw was when my wife walked past the telly....totally blocked my view :)

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And of course, you got the hidden meaning behind her walking in front of the TV?

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I missed the lunar eclipse. :(

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Well, there's scheduled to be another one in 2007......think you can hold out that long? (hehehe) :D

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Yeah...it was her behind that blocked my view :) Need to find a wife with a see-through ass (am i allowed to say that?) :)

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I was at a late meeting at work and hadn't remembered until I saw little groups of students staring up into the sky.

Yes, the eclipse was was a fantastic sight :)

That is another thing I like about living in Canada, less light pollution - you know I can see the milky way - the last time I saw that from England was in the 70s.

Clare

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you know I can see the milky way - the last time I saw that from England was in the 70s.

Clare[/QUOTE]


You can see them all the time at the sweetie counter Clare :)

I also saw Mars with the naked eye there too.
:)

Sorry i have had a few beers and it makes me cheeky :)

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Its quite breathtaking sometimes, so many more stars here, even compared with country living in the UK.

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I must admit, i like to lie out on my hammock on a clear night looking up at the stars. I live on the edge of a town with no street lights behind the house so its very dark and as your eyes adjust the sky becomes filled with stars.

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No, I think her message was actually......"get off that couch you lazy bum and help me with the dishes"......hehehe :D

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The light pollution wasn't the problem in the UK last night. The wind and rain, thats another thing!! :(

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You can see them all the time at the sweetie counter Clare :)

I also saw Mars with the naked eye there too.
:)

Sorry i have had a few beers and it makes me cheeky :)[/QUOTE]

Actually, when Mars was in its element earlier this year.....it was very close to us in Victoria and we got a very clear view......absolutely outstanding......

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Whoooooooooosssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh

That was the sound of the Mars / Milky Way joke going over poor Willmores head:)

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Not for the first time either!!!
still in therapy for my faux pas :o

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You are just SO funny some times.....no I got it....I was just trying not to think about the Mars bars we have in the freezer for Halloween - but what the heck - it's cold and rainy here.....kids and my husband are gone for awhile.....think I'll make a coffee and enjoy a frozen mars bar....... :D

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hehe...watch the old teeth there now ;)

Broke a tooth on a star bar once when i bought it from the ice cream van on a winters night. Cracked it playing rugby, broke it with a sweet :eek:

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You can see them all the time at the sweetie counter Clare :)

I also saw Mars with the naked eye there too.
:)

Sorry i have had a few beers and it makes me cheeky :)[/QUOTE]


Brace yourself - you won't find Cabury's milky ways over here :(

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Brace yourself - you won't find Cabury's milky ways over here :([/QUOTE]

Nor Cadbury's Hazelnut choco bar.....at least no where as tasty as the one's you can buy in the UK.....so bring a good stock over with you....and then share some with me......(hehehe)

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Cadbury's don't make the Milky Way. But they do make Whole Nut chocolate. They take whole hazelnuts and cover them with chocolate.

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Nor Cadbury's Hazelnut choco bar.....at least no where as tasty as the one's you can buy in the UK.....so bring a good stock over with you....and then share some with me......(hehehe)[/QUOTE]



When i go over to Grimsby, i take a box of double deckers for my friend there to keep him going till my next visit :)

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With all due respect to my elders of course....hehehe.....I'm sure I bought a Cadbury's hazelnut choc bar in the UK.....not true? You mean I must have been a haze of somesort? Well, whatever I bought it was damn good........hehehe

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Being a woman I always thought God was one too (as you do )
Until I realised if that was the case half the worlds forest would have been made of Mars bar trees !!!!!!
( The other half would of course be Kit Kat Chunky Trees)

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Nice one Ian, PMSL at that one

Talk about missing the boat

I think its a case of, the lights there but it ain't switched on :rolleyes:
Or how aboot,

Not the brightest bulb in the hoose :rolleyes:
OR how aboot

A few sandwiches short of a picnic !!!! :confused:

Get the message WILLMORE !!!!!!

You completely missed Higgys point of view !!!!!

Go back and think about it my dear as I think you are about to get a fair old slagging here

Eddie

PS I missed the Eclipse, Why you ask, TOO MUCH CLOUD COVER< Now theres a suprise

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Yea, yea, yea.....keep on with the "good old slagging".......while I'm at my most vulnerable - going through a choc fit......and trying to control myself.....well, I gave in and had a coffee and a couple of frozen Mars bars......mmmmm good.
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Hope you enjoyed your mars bars and they did not break any teeth !!!

Well frozen mars bars are OK.

We had a new fad a good few years ago in Glasgow. Someone actually sold these, and made a few bucks out of them to.

Deep fried mars bars from the chip shop. Yes they actually dipped them in batter and fried the mars bar. ( YUKK !!!!! ) :eek:

It made the main TV news here.

They had about a zillion calories and about two tons of fat in each mars bar.

No wonder the West of Scotland has the highest degree of heart disease and heart related illnesses in the whole of Europe.

And no I have never tried one of these.

Higgy you will remember them, and maybe the guys already in Canada who are from this neck of the woods may remember them.

Anyone ever tried a DEEP FRIED MARS BAR

Glaswegian perhaps you !!!!!!

Eddie

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Hope you enjoyed your mars bars and they did not break any teeth !!!

Well frozen mars bars are OK.

We had a new fad a good few years ago in Glasgow. Someone actually sold these, and made a few bucks out of them to.

Deep fried mars bars from the chip shop. Yes they actually dipped them in batter and fried the mars bar. ( YUKK !!!!! ) :eek:

It made the main TV news here.

They had about a zillion calories and about two tons of fat in each mars bar.

No wonder the West of Scotland has the highest degree of heart disease and heart related illnesses in the whole of Europe.

And no I have never tried one of these.

Higgy you will remember them, and maybe the guys already in Canada who are from this neck of the woods may remember them.

Anyone ever tried a DEEP FRIED MARS BAR

Glaswegian perhaps you !!!!!!

Eddie[/QUOTE]

Are you kidding me about the deep-fried mars bars......McGrouch told us that he had invented the idea.....now I find out the truth about that guy......(and he's not here to defend himself.....hehehe)......

They sound delicious to me.......the only thing I would do different is freeze them after deep frying them......... :D

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Don't think I claimed to have invented the idea ... my idea was a work from home business farming belly button lint.

Never tried a fried mars bar - it was after my time - but I do remember things like deep fried pizza, deep fried haggis, deep fried pies .... do you see some sort of pattern here?

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That Scottish people are not only grouchy but like deep fried food as well?

Glad to see that you still alive and well :D

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The moon just turned a bit red didn't it or did I go out at the wrong time?
I mean I didn't see any sharp edged shadow from the earth moving across it's face. I kept on looking at the Milky Way as it was a lot more impressive.

Can anybody answer this question . . . why does the moon look so HUGE when it first appears over the horizon, it looked about 4 times the size as when it was high in the sky? I think it's something to do with the atmosphere.

Ta

Sean

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I havnt seen the deep fried mars bars on sale for a while now but yes, unbelievably, they did do it.
Something that might be friendlier on the ole teeth than frozen mars bars is the mars bar ice cream bar along with all the other sweets like bounty twix etc. they sell them as ice cream bars now too and they are a wee bit good :)

Im afraid im a bit of a chocoholic. Need to stop eating the damn stuff and maybe see my six pack again. lol (wife saw me typing this and walked away laughing, said only six pack i will see is from the offsales.beerstore)
She could be right :beer:

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[QUOTE=Sean Boxer]The moon just turned a bit red didn't it or did I go out at the wrong time?
I mean I didn't see any sharp edged shadow from the earth moving across it's face. I kept on looking at the Milky Way as it was a lot more impressive.

I think the trick is to actually have your eyes open.......


:D

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Well, when McGrouch first mentioned it....I really thought he was just teasing me......until I realized he was actually serious about it.....so we tried to get him to start the trend here and see what type of response he would get......but no takers I'm afraid.....


The trick is to eat the frozen mars bar with a coffee.....absolute afternoon delight......mars bars are so smooth that there's no chance of breaking a tooth....and so smooth going down......I had to hid the open bag of mars bars in the freezer so my husband won't find it.....he's not a choco and doesn't understand the frenzy I go through sometimes.....going to have to go out today and buy another bag as I think this one will be gone before the big day. :D

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What about deep fried Cadbury's Eggs ? or was that just in the North of England?

I remember whilst living in Lancashire, some friends from daan saarf visited, and were determined to try ones of the local "delicacies", a chip butty. You should have seen the disappointment on their faces when they got served LOL :)

"what you mean it's just chips in bread???" :eek:

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You had to be out earlier to see the moon 'eaten' ... there are two parts to the earth's shadow ... the penumbra and the umbra ... the penumbra started to cross the moon around 7pm MST, the umbra turned the moon red closer to 8pm MST.

It's all about perspective ... near the horizon you have buildings, trees, etc to compare it to, so it looks big ... once it's high in the sky, it's a little white disk floating in a big, black empty space.

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You fry it, they'll eat it.

Working way too hard these days ... plus I've given up on the deep fried food, so I'll probably live a bit longer too ...

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Are you kidding me....deep friend Cadbury's Eggs......we have Cadbury's Eggs in Canada but not deep fried......we miss everything.....did you try them?