You are not alone, My friend laugh at me when I say I hope the lights go out
for a couple of days so I can Use my scope In some really dark skies , But
you know It will be cloudy Jan 1 2000
thanks Bob Manning
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 10:38 PM
Subject: [M]: OT: Astronomer's view of the 'doom and gloom of Y2K'


> OK....for the record. I do not believe there will be a large amount of
> failures world wide and the Rapture will not occur just because an
> aribitrary dating system we picked millenia ago happens to roll over to a
> different century. I'm sure there were concerns about rolling over to a
> four digit years ago....but I digress.
>
> Now, for the sadistic, wouldn't it be cool, funny satirical guy in me,
this
> is a thought that popped into my head:
>
> Wouldn't you have the coolest, darkest skies available since the invention
> of the light bulb on 1/1/2000 should the power go out???
>
> Man, you could see everything! Well, not everything, but boy you sure
> wouldnt' need to worry about the light dome. Heck you could walk out on
the
> balcony in down town New York City and see anything you want.
>
> Ok, Back to your regularly scheduled sane program. I just had to share my
> weird thought with some other astronomer types that might actually get a
> kick out of that idea. My LX200 and it's Gel Cell Battery and charged and
> ready for Y2K ... hehehe.
>
> l8r
>
> Tom Boucher
> Lawrence, KS
>
>

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