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Subject:Re: Dinner, Coffee, and sheer lunacy
From:John C...
Date:Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:07:03 +0000

meet you on the dark side... ;o)

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From: Pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>

> Ah, the joys of westy ownership. This evening here on the left coast, we
> have a total lunar eclipse. Starts just before moonrise (penumbral)
> continues through the martini and dinner hour and on into the post prandial
> cigar and cognac.
>
> If we're just lucky the clouds will hold off long enough for the spectacle
> of the eclipse over the Sacramento Skyline. According to the pundits, no
> not THOSE pundits, the other pundits, the celestial ones, the moon shall
> rise at roughly 75Deg true around 1745 with the totality coming around 1900
> and lasting for almost an hour.
>
> More can be found by googling 'mr. eclipse'.
>
> Park the westy with a view to the east, ice up the boodles, broil the
> steaks, or the portobellos toss the salad and sit on the side porch for the
> event. Enjoy a fine cubano and a snifter of Courvoisier G.F.C. discuss the
> terrible plight of the rich folks, muse on how the mosquitoes find you so
> quickly and other pleasantries.
>
> Or you could bleed the brakes, take off the water pump, change the air in
> the tires, bicker over the real cost of diesel and whether or not you really
> need 12.9 bolts in your cvs. Or you could wonder about the wisdom of
> scoring your balls with an engraving tool so you can get your groove back.

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