Re: Amazing interest

From: David Nakamoto (res07oeg_at_verizon.net)
Date: 06/10/04 

Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:54:07 GMT

And . . .

Just because something is rare does it have automatic interest for everyone,
even those interested in the general subject matter. If you were, and went
to the effort to see it, good for you. I was sincerely not, but I don't see
the need to put me down for my decision. 

-- 
   Sincerely,
   --- Dave
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"Paul Lawler" <stargazer@kilolaniDOT.net> wrote in message
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> "David Nakamoto" <res07oeg@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > Obviously you were somewhere in the transit viewing region.  I was not,
> and
> > not willing to spend money on something when I can view the event from
the
> > west coast for nothing in 2012, and preceeded by either a deep partial
> from
> > LA or an annular eclipse further north 16 days earlier.  I know Venus is
> > significantly larger than Mercury, whose transit I saw a few years back,
> but
> > it's not like a total solar eclipse.  Yes, there's the intellectual
angle
> of
> > it being over 120 years since the last one, but that didn't make much
> > difference with me and a lot of people on the west coast.
>
> You are correct... it's not like a total solar eclipse.  It's a much more
> rare phenomena than a total solar eclipse.
>
>

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