h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*back from lunch*

IIEM, another caffe latte, please!

*looks up from w*rk*
What about you? Still kneedeep?

Hello all!
*Washes up - puts v/_\3 on*
To answer your question, Feffi, the "deep and philosophical reason" I spelt "Sprach" "Sprack" was because "Sprack" is my surname Nothing like a good eclipse in 2001 to let you hum the introduction of "2001: A Space Odyssey".

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Hey BB! Got one?
How are you?

Hi everyone!

I knew there was something behind it BB, nice worg game (well whatever you know what I mean)
May I have some tea?

word game!

I know what you mean
*Pours Feffi and One-eye a c)_( of tea each*
Were you able to see the eclipse of the moon last night, or not?

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I was starting to wonder what episode of Star Trek the worgs were in...

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Ta BB
yeah, saw some of it. Seen one before, couple of years ago. You see it?

...Well, I was outside at the time, but I saw an awful lot more of clouds than I did the moon...
Oh well - there'll be another one in a year or two..

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...Well, I was outside at the time, but I saw an awful lot more of clouds than I did the moon...
Oh well - there'll be another one in a year or two..

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Thanks BB.
Yes, I saw the eclipse, too. And unbelievable but true it wasn't cloudy over here, not like when we had that sun eclipse drama

*Grows hair on his back and looks at the moon*

Arrroooowww

I thought that the Eclipse of the Sun was quite impressive. This is my journal entry from that day:

On Wednesday the 11th August 1999, the Eclipse came to the world. The only parts of England that received totality were parts of Cornwall and Devon, but the Isle of Wight still managed to get over 99%.
So Sarah and I took the day off work, and drove down to Blackgang Chine around 9ish. At the Theme Park we bought some eclipse glasses, and we could already see the moon and the sun not too far from each other in the sky. We decided to climb the hill to the Pepper Pot on the top of St. Catherine's Down, while about 20,000 more people arrived in the area. Blackgang Chine is at the south-west corner of the Island, and so the nearest to the actual path of the eclipse.
St. Catherine's Down is about 290 metres above sea-level, and it was quite a climb - less than 75 people made it to the top by the time of the eclipse. The Pepper Pot there is an octagonal medieval lighthouse - the oldest in Britain - and from the top we could see the sea curve round to the west, south and east. Looking west, we could see a line of darkness steadily approaching along the shore.
It was quite sunny on the Island - an occasional grey cloud, but not in any way as much as what plagued the rest of the country. And for the next two hours, Sarah and I amused ourselves by watching the moon pass in front of the sun. Yes, we used the glasses, taking surgical care over them, and neither of us have suffered any eye damage.
Looking to sea, we could see the darkness approaching. A few people had telescopes etc. with devices to monitor the eclipse. Most were just observers like us - out for a day trip. There were several people there I recognised from work who had skived off like we had.
When the sun was completely eclipsed, it was quite unexpected. Yes, we could see that the sun was no-longer visible, we could see the line of darkness and light out to sea, and we could see that where the sun was, there was only the black darkness of the moon. But that isn't what was unexpected - what we would see, though spectacular and extraordinary, was as we were told it would be. No-one, though, told us about the cold. When the eclipse came over us, the whole area just froze. It became literally freezing cold - numbing cold, the cold where you cannot feel any part of your body. My arm froze, and I wasn't able to move it again until about 45 minutes after. The people around were freezing, and on a sunny summer's day. I can't remember if there was a wind - I don't think there was - but what I do remember other than staring into the black and the sun being swallowed, pacman-like, by the moon is the eternal feeling of cold.
Lots of mad people said it was going to be the end of the world, and that Paris was going to be destroyed. When it wasn't, I was very disappointed.

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I can understand your dissaointment...

*looks up from pile of work*

Hi BB! Please?

The moon eclipse? Yep, I saw it, the sky cleared up after a day of cloudiness... I think next one is 2 years from now...

*looks up from pile of work*

Hi BB! Please?

The moon eclipse? Yep, I saw it, the sky cleared up after a day of cloudiness... I think next one is 2 years from now...

*Hands Titania a c)_( of tea*
Well, I'm off now - Real Life beckons.
See you all later!

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I wus born under a full moon.... How about you?
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I didn't see the moon-eclipse yesterday, I was asleep. But I saw it two-three years ago, early one cold morning just before it set in the ocean. Very impressive, I missed my bus.

_That_ impressive? I saw on a couple of years ago, it wasn't total, but that just made it all the more beautifull. When the eclipse was at it's maximum, the moon turned all red, and it looked like someone had lit a campfire in the sky! Very nice