Good evening, 919 Gang. Sometimes, reading an obituary you
see a phrase such as “Good old Charlie didn’t have an enemy in the world.” That
phrase apparently also applied to the Spanish general Ramon Maria Narvaez. On
his deathbed (in 1868) he was asked by a priest to forgive his enemies. He
replied, “I don’t have to because I have shot them all.”
I wonder if Good Old Charlie did something like that.
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SHARON
REEVES writes:
Sorry
to be late with my eclipse story, but we just got home from Kansas City where
we watched it during a family reunion. We gathered for the full family reunion on
Saturday, 19 August. Just in case there might be clouds on Monday, we took a
family picture with all of us wearing our eclipse glasses. We definitely got
some interesting reactions from the neighbors.
On
Monday a somewhat smaller group of nine gathered to watch the eclipse from the
deck of my husband's sister's home. It had been raining and cloudy all morning
and into the early afternoon, but as time for the eclipse approached, the sun
appeared and we all watched it disappear as the eclipse progressed. It really
was impressive, and since we were near the southern edge of totality, the sun
disappeared fully for about 2 minutes and 5 seconds. During that time we
watched the rim of light around the moon, as mentioned by others, without our
glasses. I was surprised that full darkness was not as dark as I had expected.
I would say it was more like late twilight than night. The streetlights did
come on and the birds were silent for that time though. About the time the sun
fully reappeared, the clouds rolled back in and within two hours it was pouring
enough rain to cause a lot of flooding in the lower areas in KC; fortunately we
were on high ground.
CLARK BROOKS
writes:
I want to correct a mistake I made yesterday: "In
Greenville, forecasters said the chance of the sun blocking the eclipse was 35
percent." I meant to say chance of clouds blocking the eclipse.
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DAVID FARMER writes:
Daft
definitions--Cantonese order to reduce electric light usage during power
shortage: dim sum (點心).
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REBER: After four days
with no birthdays, I’m pleased to wish Happy Birthday, Aug. 25, to Dave Cohen
and Greg Joseph.
P.O. Box 2239
Ramona, CA 92065
U.S.A.
