Wolf Pack

Today is the Ohio Stare / Michigan game. It is nationally televised on ABC.

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What is a Buckeye?

Answer to last week:
When a duck flies up side down, he quacks up.

Rest easy,
Sleep well my brothers.
Know the line has held,
Your job is done.
Rest easy,
Sleep well.
Others have taken up where you fell,
The line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell...

Tonight I stood on my driveway and looked back in time.

As I enjoyed the view of the Andromeda Galaxy I pondered its distance from Earth. Actually, its distance defies human comprehension but, let's try to make some sense of it anyhow.

That galaxy--a twin of our own Milky Way Galaxy by the way--is approximately two and a quarter million light years from Earth. A light-year is a convenient measure of celestial distance. It is simply the distance light travels in a year's time.

You remember, of course, the speed of light is about 186,000 miles per second. You simply need to figure out how many seconds there are in a year and multiply that by 186,000. Your answer reveals how many miles light travels in a year.

Now, you multiply that answer by 2 and 1/4 million and you will know how many miles separates us from Andromeda. Give or take a few, of course.

Stated another way, the light you are seeing when you look at Andromeda actually left there 2 1/4 million years ago on its journey here. So, when you are seeing Andromeda you are actually seeing an image that is 2 1/4 million years old.

Hence, my opening premise, "...looked back in time." Ponder that for a moment.

It makes my head hurt. --Terry

What happens when a duck flies up side down?

Answer to last Week:

The closest star to the earth is the sun.

Winter is near. Yesterday a cold front came through south Florida. It was a rainy dreary day. Last night the temperature plunged into the high 70s.

We have had a number of Snowbird sightings at the local malls. Among them were flocks of yellow bellied sapsuckers, coveys of ruby breasted nut slingers, a few silver topped ccots and some stoned terns. The real turkeys will arrive after Thanksgiving.

I plan to start thinking about Christmas shopping on Dec 24th about 6pm. That is my usual schedule because it makes the task easy. I say, "Why do it now? Let's wait till next year."

What star is closest to the Earth?

Answer to last week's question:
Detroit beat St Louis in the 1968 World Series.