As you all know, I have lots of theories of my own invention to account for all the various things that are going on in this world. And one of them, which has stood the test of time is .... " When you see a picture of the sun in a newspaper, it will have NO sunspots.!" I've greeted every such picture with great glee over the years .... but now... ( see above picture) ... that one seems to actually have a sunspot on it ... just below the middle on the right, at about 4 o'clock. BAH ! But ...there is a get-out clause .. it might be ... a bird ( but if so, what sort) a plane ( doesn't look right) a blemish in the paper ( it happens) there's one on the left, half-way between the tall treetops and the top. ..and several smaller ones scattered around. Some of my still totally accurate rules are ... .. if you take your telescope, nothing worth looking at will appear. .... especially if you've carried it a long way. ..... if you DON'T take your telescope, the rarity will be just too far away. ... if you're at a twitch, but the bird isn't, don't leave the main bunch. ... as soon as you do, they'll all see it. 100% certain. ... if there's a screeching of tyres in the car park, 'tis Lee Evans. .... and he's 99% certain to be wearing almost nothing. ... never correct anybody's identification .... .... they won't thank you for it .. ..... and they might well punch you on the nose. ...... never lend The Flat Controller any of your optics. ....... all he will do is grumble loudly about how crap they are. Well, there's an awful lot of them, and I don't want to use up all the ink.
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