Hi! Jeff,   
      
   On Mon, 26 Dec 11, you wrote to me:   
      
    PQ>> I slipped out to the back porch/verandah for a quiet smoke around   
    PQ>> 2300hrs local (which is close to yours as well IIRC) and caught    
    PQ>> sight of a partial (maybe 40%).  The moon was still climbing to a    
    PQ>> northerly aspect at that time, for us.   
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    JS> Hello Paul. Thanks for your reply, and I apologize for the late   
    JS> response, but I have been so busy here lately that I really haven't    
    JS> made the effort to log on to my BBS all that often.   
      
   No problemo, mate.  As always I have no expectations in BBS-ing and,   
   therefore, no disappointments.   
      
    JS> With a name like Quinn, I'm guessing that you may possibly be   
    JS> in Australia, which does separate us by a matter of hours by air   
    JS> travel.   
      
   Yep, sure does.  AAMOF I recall once having a netmail duel with xxCarol about   
   who gets the new sunrise each new day, first.  =:)  (I have a second cousin or   
   two in Oregon - name[s] unknown.  And I bear no direct relationship with   
   Raymond Q~ in California.)   
      
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    JS> about getting a good pair of binoculars and a sturdy tripod, but I am   
    JS> not sure yet. You know . . . finances.   
      
   Ah, yes.  I keep one (el cheapo) hanging on the back verandah.  One of those   
   *free* gift things from a catalogue ordering joint.  If you ever get to this   
   part of OZ you are welcome to a larger-than-average kids telescope.  I once   
   set it up long enough to find that the 'viewing' from this neighbourhood was   
   not worth the while, so, I re-boxed it (the way it came TTBOMK) the very next   
   day.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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