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Old 03-27-2020, 11:02 AM
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So your friend in hospital died love? The one who was rallying? s

I am making the same dinner.....how amazing is that....I use Australian tomato soup, tuna, herbs, penne and shredded cheddar.
Yes, she died at our local hospital a week ago. Her pneumonia redeveloped and her body had nothing left with which to fight. She will be buried in Massachusetts next to her mother who died less than a year ago.

The other friend died in Johns Hopkins Hospital.

I will try to send a PM with a copy of their obits.

Oh, cool, your tuna sounds delicious. Mine is made with cream of celery soup.
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Old 03-27-2020, 11:03 AM
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What's going on with you, lunar? You okay?
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Old 03-27-2020, 11:20 AM
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Welcome to Weekenders dig12! Good to have you on board.

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It's a Ferrari, Schumacher's from the mid 00's, probably 2004 I think! I was meant to be going to the Spanish Grand Prix in May so it's obviously cancelled now!
Ah! I should have spotted that. I just read the word "MARLBORO" on the spoiler and assumed. Bad form on my part.

You have been a chatty bunch this afternoon, good to see. Excellent posts too. I don't know whether it is linked or just coincidence but drinking has not crossed my mind once since this pandemic kicked off. I never crave booze now but it very occasionally comes to mind but not now.

TGIF doesn't mean anything right now does it.
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Old 03-27-2020, 11:37 AM
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Sorry to hear about your friends soberleigh.
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Old 03-27-2020, 11:46 AM
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Oh Leigh, how devastating.
I am so very sorry. s
And I go the obits, thank you love. ❤️

And I am echoing bim.....you doing OK dear Lunar? s xx
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Old 03-27-2020, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by saoutchik View Post
Ah! I should have spotted that. I just read the word "MARLBORO" on the spoiler and assumed. Bad form on my part.

Well Mclaren used to have Marlboro as their main sponsor in the mid 90's too, up to 1997, so I'll forgive you this error!
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Old 03-27-2020, 01:27 PM
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The sky is super clear tonight so you can see Venus shining above the moon and it’s huge and so bright! I love looking at the night sky, especially lucky here as we don’t get a lot of light pollution. x
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Old 03-27-2020, 01:48 PM
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That always makes me smile, to hear that....thank you. s

Venus is shining... I think of my magnificent girl....she was a divine cat and soul. ❤️
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Old 03-27-2020, 01:55 PM
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The sky is super clear tonight so you can see Venus shining above the moon and it’s huge and so bright! I love looking at the night sky, especially lucky here as we don’t get a lot of light pollution. x

Yes, I see it too! It's huge, I live far out in the countryside so we have no air/light pollution anyway. The International Space Station passed over tonight aswell.
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Old 03-27-2020, 02:03 PM
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Reid, I love catching a glimpse of the International Space Center. I saw it pass overhead one evening at close to sunset and the reflection of the sun made it so very easy to see. Very thrilling. It is fun to stargaze and watch for satellites; if the sky is clear and there isn’t much ambient, you can often spot other satellites.

Manta, I love the night skies, too. Venus has been magnificent lately. Pulsars are also very interesting; they look slightly different as they pulse a red and blue light.
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Old 03-27-2020, 02:14 PM
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It was really bright! passed over a bit after 8:00 pm, I knew it had to be that as it was too slow to a shooting star and had no flashing lights to be a plane.
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Old 03-27-2020, 02:16 PM
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It rather ‘floats’ its way overhead. It is so cool to witness.
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Old 03-27-2020, 02:20 PM
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That's a nice way to describe it's movements!
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Old 03-27-2020, 03:03 PM
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Hmm, I'll have to try to spot the space station. We have a lot of light pollution but there are some relatively dark spots not too far away, and social distancing won't be an issue if no one else is around.

I wonder whether the web maps where it will be passing, and when? No doubt yes, I'll check it out.
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Old 03-27-2020, 03:20 PM
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Hmm, I'll have to try to spot the space station. We have a lot of light pollution but there are some relatively dark spots not too far away, and social distancing won't be an issue if no one else is around.

I wonder whether the web maps where it will be passing, and when? No doubt yes, I'll check it out.

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/tracking_map.cfm

Hard to think it's over the middle of the Pacific Ocean now when about 2.5 hours ago it was over Ireland!
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Old 03-27-2020, 03:25 PM
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Here's another tracker map. Put in your location and it will give you a time when you can see it-

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/
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Old 03-27-2020, 03:29 PM
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I remember the Russian Space Station "Mir" in the 90's too. I think it burnt up in the early 00's when funding was cut or something.
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Old 03-27-2020, 04:01 PM
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Hello Weekenders!

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Old 03-27-2020, 06:21 PM
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I'm sorry Leigh

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Old 03-27-2020, 06:36 PM
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