New poll for OAFs
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the OAFs group: Decide the location of a Only-if-its-Cloud OAFs dinner. For this saturday April 21 at 18:00. Note, if its clear, most will
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for Al Seaman re: FLO
Just wondering Al... If an RASC member has a visiting family friend, or, an interested amateur astronomer who might wish to "visit" FLO, but accompanied by that RASC member, if that considered OK? I
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FLO tonight!
Well with Attilla's weather report for tonights clear skies I really can not resist. Anyone that wants to meet me at FLO tonight is welcome. So far there will be myself and 2 other RASC members.
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Re: Transparency may be excellent friday night.
Well, professor, it looks like a classic case of preposition displacement disorder brought on by a repressed observatory-envy complex. The link i posted to the cloud forcase is now pointing to the
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Re: Poll results for OAFs
Thanks very much for sharing your opinions on that poll. Looks like maybe we like to do some sidewalk astronomy, but in moderation. Further discussion/interpretation about the poll results might be
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Re: Transparency may be excellent friday night.
RAZZ: I think Attilla possibly meant "out 'to' equuleus". (Hm-m-m-m... wonder why that happened?) ;-) Rol
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Observing Report, April 18
Hello all, Last night I went out to the RASC's observatory in Almonte. The site is only 30min from home for me so I consider it close enough to use for casual as well as dark sky observing. I was very
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Matt Weeks <mweeks@...>
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Phones, FLO & Food
Re Phones: Rob - As a person who has spent many long, clear, sleepless nights worrying about a beloved sky-hound (2 a.m.: dead car battery at the observing site? 3 a.m.: knocked unconscious by an
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Janice Tokar
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Re: FLO Tonight?
I ended up staying in. I am quite tired so I'll save my strength for the weekend, if I get one!. So, next time for sure. Clear skies Matt
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Matt Weeks <mweeks@...>
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Re: FLO Tonight?
Sorry, missed your message - maybe next time. Rol
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FLO Tonight?
Hello all, Anyone heading out to FLO tonight? I may head out. Matt
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Matt Weeks <mweeks@...>
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Re: Pheasting on Photons at Phinheys xor on Phine Phood.
You want nominations? I'll second the Barley Mow, (though the Cheshire Cat being a pub sounds ok too), or for a more central location Abe & Roscoe's on Bank. Hmmm, all of them are pubs - is there a
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Poll results for OAFs
The following OAFs poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Are you interested in participating in sidewalk/scout/school observing sessions and if so, on average, how many times
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Transparency may be excellent friday night.
CMC's cloud pictures from the future are forecasting very good transparency from about 11pm on friday and for the rest of the night. Have a look at:
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Re: Cellphones- was FLO Observing Report April 18th
Bruce McGlashan wrote: I have had a cellphone (an Ericson) on Cantel for about three years, and from time to time have occasion to use it from FLO. It is definitely in a fringe area, but seems to work
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Al Seaman <alseaman@...>
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Pheasting on Photons at Phinheys xor on Phine Phood.
Rob asked about a poll to decide dinner. We'll the last time, we took nominations first. Assuming the notion is dinner in Kanata, just in case it clears and we want to rush off to
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Re: FLO Observing Report April 18th
Bruce McGlashan wrote: A great report Bruce. Boy, you are a bear for punishment - I was getting pretty pooped by 1:30 when I left, and since I had a fair bit of running around to do to-day didn't want
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Al Seaman <alseaman@...>
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Photons if Phine or Phood if Phlood
Always willing to practice my alliteration, even if the spelling IS phunny. Given that the weather forcast for the weekend is abysmal, should we figure out an OAF-alternative? JT proposed west end
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Rob Robotham <rob.robotham@...>
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Re: FLO Observing Report April 18th
... [snip] ... LOL! Roland and Attilla will attest to the fact that my wife went through the same thing last week. We were sitting in Denny's having 'breakfast' at about 01:30 (as I recall) when my
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Bruce McGlashan <mcglashanb2@...>
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Re: FLO Observing Report April 18th
There used to be phones which were relatively low cost to buy, no monthly fees, but pay rather heavily by the minute when you use it. Seems ideal. I've sometimes considered something along those lines
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Wagner,Rick [CIS-ADS] <rick.wagner@...>
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