Hello,
Ben
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Reunions
Kissimmee , CA Mini
January 21-25
2007 Palm
Springs, CA Mini
April
Washington,
DC National
June
Details later
Walt Smith
Ben, it is a habit of mine
to enlarge to font size 12 or larger due to my own
eyesight's gradual weakening. Since you are slightly my elder with me
at 83, my query is: What font is best for you?
The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!
This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter
that
will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in
recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is
in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on
Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be
certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth
in the last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as
60,000 years before it happens again.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th when
Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and
will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in
the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9
and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest
75-power magnification...
Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
Mars will be easy to spot. At the
beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 p.m.
and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m.
By the end of August when the two planets are
closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its
highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty
convenient to see something that no human being has
seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at
the beginning of August to see Mars grow
progressively brighter and brighter throughout the
month.
Share this with your children and grandchildren.
NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN
SALLY =
At any rate, in this last email, your many
loyal mail call contributors, as usual, react in awe of the prowess of
you and your son in maintaining such a wonderfully maintained website Of course
you know that all of us are very grateful that this
website is available to us.
Best wishes to Helen Beddow, that awesome Savannah great
lady. May her hospital stay be short and all go well for her.
walt smith
Bob Hart
Ben, Want to thank Gene and all his group
for a great reunion. Also good to see you there. Meeting with the Army
Rangers was highlight of everything, especially how enthused they were
after 6 tours in combat areas. I'm not too sure how enthused my wife is about
river rafting since she was the only one who volunteered to try to swim the
rapids. Bob Hart
Tom McAvoy
Hey Howard H. If I am not mistaken, Wakeman
jumped in the same plane
as I into Southern France. Same plane as Lt. Col. Zais, Major Vella,
and John Neiler. We dropped 50 miles behind the lines, I broke my back in
5 places on the drop, and was taken to a French Village (Seillans) to be
cared for and treated, if possible. 6 days later we were taken by a
stolen dump truck (from the Germans) back to the American lines, actually
to a hospital set up on the beach, The point of my remark, Wakeman I
believe showed up ( in Seillans ) along with 5-6 other 517 people to be
transported by the same truck as I to the American hospital, Beachhead,
I had no idea he and the other injured 517 people were in the same town
as I, I never knew how bad his injuries were, but he was walking. Tom
McAvoy
as I into Southern France. Same plane as Lt. Col. Zais, Major Vella,
and John Neiler. We dropped 50 miles behind the lines, I broke my back in
5 places on the drop, and was taken to a French Village (Seillans) to be
cared for and treated, if possible. 6 days later we were taken by a
stolen dump truck (from the Germans) back to the American lines, actually
to a hospital set up on the beach, The point of my remark, Wakeman I
believe showed up ( in Seillans ) along with 5-6 other 517 people to be
transported by the same truck as I to the American hospital, Beachhead,
I had no idea he and the other injured 517 people were in the same town
as I, I never knew how bad his injuries were, but he was walking. Tom
McAvoy
A Friend
The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!
This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter
that
will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in
recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is
in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on
Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be
certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth
in the last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as
60,000 years before it happens again.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th when
Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and
will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in
the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9
and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest
75-power magnification...
Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
Mars will be easy to spot. At the
beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 p.m.
and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m.
By the end of August when the two planets are
closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its
highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty
convenient to see something that no human being has
seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at
the beginning of August to see Mars grow
progressively brighter and brighter throughout the
month.
Share this with your children and grandchildren.
NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN
SALLY =
Boom Boom Alicki
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Can you imagine sitting behind him in church??
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