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    Interesting, and I learned something. In real life, I never noticed that apparent rocking motion the moon makes throughout the month.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Wobbles like my 3rd wife during the rinse/spin cycle on Saturday night in the old trailer!
    Woo0OOOOOOOOOO!

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    Kewl. I'd heard that the Moon had a rocking motion, but I didn't realize how much until now. You can see a bit over half of the Moon's surface because of that. I heard that it might have started because of an asteroid hit a few millenia ago.
    “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
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    Quote Originally Posted by N2NH View Post
    Kewl. I'd heard that the Moon had a rocking motion, but I didn't realize how much until now. You can see a bit over half of the Moon's surface because of that. I heard that it might have started because of an asteroid hit a few millenia ago.
    If that's the case then is was also the perfect accident.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    If that's the case then is was also the perfect accident.
    No, no. The perfect accident was the Fajita beer at Appleby's. Am I correct?

    I should be up that way in a month or two..... FAJITA !!!!!!
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    As men seldom do with ice cream fajitas.

    Aside from the two and a half seizures that took place over the duration of the meal, it went swimmingly...if you were swimming in a pool full of shit and garbage and uncomfortable conversation topics. Allen harped on the fact that he had a low sperm count. He blamed it on masturbating too much in the womb, but doctors have concurred that it's from eating shaving cream in bulk quantities. Katherine, clearly uninterested, performed a long awaited root canal operation on herself using a salad fork. The two polished off several bottles of raw ether throughout the evening. Also, Allen and Katherine unknowingly, but mutually laced each other's drinks with a tablespoon of LSD and a baker's dozen of unmarked pills, which we're sure contributed to the date's inevitable downfall that happened next.
    http://strangetimesindeed.blogspot.c...es-couple.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    If that's the case then is was also the perfect accident.
    So it might be. It is also perfect that the moon rotates once a month so the same side always faces us and that the moon is at the right orbit to look as if it is the same size as the sun. If it were even slightly further away, total eclipses would not happen, they'd all be annular.
    “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
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