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 Aug 31 2008, 03:32 AM
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 Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15  |
OK, I'm feeling quite guilty about this, so I need to pull its thorns.
There is a hurricane building in the Gulf of Mexico, just swept a path of devastation across the western tip of Cuba. It has the potential to be a more powerful and damaging storm than Katrina of three years ago, and may also strike New Orleans. It's name is Gustav. And whenever I hear or see that name, a little correction voice in my head says "Don't you mean Gusev?" Like I say -- feeling guilty about that, but there it is... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Aug 31 2008, 12:22 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I have to admit I have an "UMSF Moment" countless times a day. A simple crack in a paving stone will remind me of a dried up valley or gully seen on an MGS or MRO image, or a gravel-strewn path will remind me of those first Phoenix images... a casual glance up at wispy clouds in the sky on the way to or from work zips me back to animations of clouds over Endurance Crater...
And a look at an 'official' pic on a NASA website will more than often make me think - unfairly, I know - "Humph, James or (insert name) at UMSF did better than that..." 
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Sep 1 2008, 03:53 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 31 2008, 10:22 PM)  A simple crack in a paving stone will remind me ... Hey Stu, you should stay at our house then. It's virtually like Mars ... cracks in all walls (the landlord doesnt want to fix it) which get worse every winter, dust-storm views (windows are dirty because of the construction next door), I guess the CO2 ice can be fixed. The only thing that's not Mars like is the TV reception - all grainy n stuff - no sharp pictures from MRO -------------------- |
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dvandorn You know you're an UMSFer... redux Aug 31 2008, 03:32 AM
nprev Ah, don't feel bad, oDoug. You'll know you... Aug 31 2008, 04:44 AM Astro0 Although we're not facing Gustav at the moment... Aug 31 2008, 07:08 AM dmuller Well the thing that created Gusev wasn't a lig... Aug 31 2008, 07:36 AM volcanopele You know you're an UMSFer... when you hear abo... Aug 31 2008, 08:11 AM djellison You know you're a UMSF'er when you know wh... Aug 31 2008, 09:14 AM
belleraphon1 QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 31 2008, 07:22 AM) I hav... Aug 31 2008, 10:51 PM J.J. You know you're an UMSFer when you see a hopel... Aug 31 2008, 03:13 PM ElkGroveDan ...when you check for the latest posts on your Bla... Sep 1 2008, 04:20 AM Del Palmer Yesterday, I spent three very pleasant hours walki... Sep 1 2008, 01:02 PM djellison Well - reports are it's being turned down to a... Sep 1 2008, 01:22 PM tasp On hazy days it is pretty easy to imagine some of ... Sep 1 2008, 01:29 PM AndyG I like visualising the rovers' travels by find... Sep 1 2008, 02:47 PM Ant103 Sometimes, when I walk through the forest to go to... Sep 2 2008, 04:14 PM climber Here, in the South west of France, we've been ... Jan 27 2009, 12:15 PM centsworth_II You know you're an UMSFer...
...if you log in... May 3 2009, 05:38 PM ngunn Aah - - but if you go in via the UMSF portal you d... May 3 2009, 06:08 PM Astro0 You know you're a UMSF'er.....
When you s... May 6 2009, 07:18 AM dmuller well the shadow on the right look a bit like the L... May 6 2009, 07:39 AM Astro0 Seven years at the Complex, but the lamp post was ... May 6 2009, 09:08 AM dmuller was only put in last year. First time the shadows ... May 6 2009, 09:47 AM ElkGroveDan A couple of years back, an invasive weed spread th... May 6 2009, 04:32 PM Phil Stooke You know you're a UMSFer when... you push a lo... May 6 2009, 08:33 PM ElkGroveDan You keep your computer with your pigs? May 6 2009, 09:19 PM
centsworth_II QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 6 2009, 05:19 PM... May 6 2009, 10:09 PM Phil Stooke "You keep your computer with your pigs?... May 6 2009, 10:43 PM lollipop You know you're an UMSFer when, having never s... Aug 24 2009, 09:35 AM dmuller You know you're an UMSFer when ... you live in... Sep 23 2009, 12:10 AM dmuller You know you're an UMSFer when ... you live in... Sep 23 2009, 12:14 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (dmuller @ Sep 22 2009, 05:14 PM) Y... Sep 23 2009, 12:35 AM nprev Bleah...I can almost feel that nasty stuff between... Sep 23 2009, 01:01 AM dmuller QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Sep 23 2009, 10:35 A... Sep 23 2009, 01:06 AM |
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