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Super-sized Moon Gracing the Night Skies

Postby bill cobbett » Sun May 06, 2012 4:36 pm

Try and have a look at the fullish Moon over the next night or two.

It's huge, especially when it's just above the horizon, cos the Moon is at perigee, closest to Earth, in its orbit around us.

Here's the Beeb on this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17972782
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Re: Super-sized Moon Gracing the Night Skies

Postby bill cobbett » Sun May 06, 2012 4:46 pm

Moonrise in London, GB is at about 9.30pm tonight and in Nicosia, CY it's at 8.15pm ... both local times.
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Re: Super-sized Moon Gracing the Night Skies

Postby GreekIslandGirl » Sun May 06, 2012 8:25 pm

What a great time to hold elections in two of the most important countries in the world. :D

Lunacy abounds ...
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Re: Super-sized Moon Gracing the Night Skies

Postby bill cobbett » Sun May 06, 2012 9:42 pm

Sod it! Wall to wall clouds in London at the mo...!!!!

Will wander down to the offee for the nightly stroll for fags, in the hope it'll clear by 9.30pm... pick up your Old Holborn and a packet of Rizlas for you GI Girl...???
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Re: Super-sized Moon Gracing the Night Skies

Postby kurupetos » Sun May 06, 2012 9:44 pm

bill cobbett wrote:Sod it! Wall to wall clouds in London at the mo...!!!!

Will wander down to the offee for the nightly stroll for fags, in the hope it'll clear by 9.30pm... pick up your Old Holborn and a packet of Rizlas for you GI Girl...???

The moon is trying to hide, but eventually I will kill it. :wink:
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Re: Super-sized Moon Gracing the Night Skies

Postby GreekIslandGirl » Sun May 06, 2012 10:05 pm

bill cobbett wrote:Sod it! Wall to wall clouds in London at the mo...!!!!

Will wander down to the offee for the nightly stroll for fags, in the hope it'll clear by 9.30pm... pick up your Old Holborn and a packet of Rizlas for you GI Girl...???


No thank you - make mine a box of "Milk Tray". :)
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Re: Super-sized Moon Gracing the Night Skies

Postby bill cobbett » Sun May 06, 2012 10:14 pm

GreekIslandGirl wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Sod it! Wall to wall clouds in London at the mo...!!!!

Will wander down to the offee for the nightly stroll for fags, in the hope it'll clear by 9.30pm... pick up your Old Holborn and a packet of Rizlas for you GI Girl...???


No thank you - make mine a box of "Milk Tray". :)


Ah... did u know? ... that the Delight formally known as Turkish in Milk Tray is now referred to on the box as Eastern Delight... ??? ... :D
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Re: Super-sized Moon Gracing the Night Skies

Postby GreekIslandGirl » Sun May 06, 2012 11:14 pm

bill cobbett wrote:
GreekIslandGirl wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Sod it! Wall to wall clouds in London at the mo...!!!!

Will wander down to the offee for the nightly stroll for fags, in the hope it'll clear by 9.30pm... pick up your Old Holborn and a packet of Rizlas for you GI Girl...???


No thank you - make mine a box of "Milk Tray". :)


Ah... did u know? ... that the Delight formally known as Turkish in Milk Tray is now referred to on the box as Eastern Delight... ??? ... :D


They're getting there. When they call them Yeroskipou Delights or Loukoumia, I'll have two boxes. :)
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Re: Super-sized Moon Gracing the Night Skies

Postby bill cobbett » Sun May 06, 2012 11:25 pm

GreekIslandGirl wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:
GreekIslandGirl wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Sod it! Wall to wall clouds in London at the mo...!!!!

Will wander down to the offee for the nightly stroll for fags, in the hope it'll clear by 9.30pm... pick up your Old Holborn and a packet of Rizlas for you GI Girl...???


No thank you - make mine a box of "Milk Tray". :)


Ah... did u know? ... that the Delight formally known as Turkish in Milk Tray is now referred to on the box as Eastern Delight... ??? ... :D


They're getting there. When they call them Yeroskipou Delights or Loukoumia, I'll have two boxes. :)


Ah... did you also know...? That Yeroskippou Delight is the only Delight in the World that has the EU's Protected Geographical Status..???
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