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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 9:31 am
War, I've often seen great astronomy books in the sale section of Borders. (Barnes and Noble too.)
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 9:58 am
War, Exploring the Night Sky by Terence Dickinson is a pretty good beginner's book. Actually, anything by him is pretty good. If Caleb wants to get into any skygazing in the future, Dickinson has some great beginner's guides specifically for that, as well. His latest is The Universe and Beyond. There's another new one called Space: From Earth to the Edge of the Universe from DK Publishing; they do terrific visual science books. (I teach an online astronomy course... :-)
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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 4:37 pm
Prisonerno6, I have a question for you since you teach astronomy. Last week about 90 minutes before sunrise you could see a rising crescent moon that came very close to the planet Venus. I remember seeing this take place......the moon coming close to venus.....always in June/July and again at this time of year. So, my question is, does this occur in the night sky only at these times of the year or am I not paying attention the rest of the time.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 5:13 pm
Check out dennismammama.com. He does great astronomy photos, too. FWIW, I don't think you could have the same thing occur the same time every year. Think of it... the crescent moon is every 28 days. That's the orbit of the moon around the Earth. Venus is on a diff orbit. ETA: Dennis has the star happenings for the next 13 months on his web site. So you can see what planets will appear where and when.
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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 5:24 pm
Costa, my wording was unclear. The crescent was taking place last week. The moon appearing close to venus in the morning sky........ happens in June/July as well as this time of year.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 5:55 pm
That's a great novelty pajama website, Jmm!!! I believe you have done it again. I swear if I find you doing one more helpful thing around here I am going to start another lovefest in your folder. If I haven't already started a couple this week ...
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 6:03 pm
Thanks, Juju. I just love google.
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 9:53 pm
How much water would have to run down the drain to cost an increase of $50 in a water bill in Chandler Az?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 11:19 pm
Somewhere on your bill it should list the the price per gallon (or some other unit), so you can work back to how many gallons $50 is. If they measure water usage in cubic feet on your bill, then there are about 750 gallons in 100 cubic feet.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 1:57 am
Not saying this is Christy's issue, but still a word of warning. My oldest Sis, about 4 yrs back IIRC, was staying at her daughter's place in Phoenix. They had a cold spell, but she wasn't going to her own home much except to pick up the mail. Her pipes froze (shocking, never heard of in Phx, but it happened). She didn't hear the water running. First indication was when she discovered she got hit with a $500 water bill (yes, 5 hundred!) - automatic pay. Came out first from her checking acct, BEFORE her mortgage automatic pay & was about to bounce her mortgage payment. She had a mess to clear up, getting the water dept to pull back and allowing time payments, as well as the plumber to fix the pipes.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 2:00 am
Christy, is it possible you might have a leaking toilet? I believe they have dye kits to check out such leaks. Best of luck!
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 8:28 am
Glenn, I can't think of any reason why that would be season specific from one year to the next. Venus is a "morning star" for several months and then an "evening star" for several months (after a couple of months of being invisible for being too close to the sun). The whole cycle of evening/invisible/morning/invisible takes about 19 months, so the time of year in which Venus is a morning star changes from year to year (584 days, the synodic period). Venus just became a morning star again in early November this year. In June/July, it would have been an evening star, at its brightest just after sunset, not before sunrise. Last year at that time it would have been a morning star.
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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 5:11 pm
Thanks Prisonerno6, I was suspecting it had more to do with me not paying attention.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 8:25 am
Once again, I need clothing help or tips, lol. What passes as semi-formal for middle school girls?? How fancy should the dress be? Are tights appropriate? Dakota is going to the winter ball next week with a group of her girlfriends and it's semi-formal. Only dance of the year to be held in the evening and it'll be cool (the weather, not the dance, though that'll probably be cool as well, lol.) When she asked if she could go, she told us she knew she had to wear a dress, so I won't have that problem this time. No make up, but I might be able to get her to paint her nails and maybe do something with her hair.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 8:44 am
and of course we want pictures War
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 8:48 am
War... find out what her other friends are wearing.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 10:19 am
Yes, I would check with friends, but most likely it will be a sparkly dress of some kind. as to tights, i think it would depend on the dress, but won't the building be heated and she will wear a coat from the car??
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:35 am
Annie not sure in Dakota's case, but in our youngest's case wearing leggings wasn't as much to keep warm as it was for covering her legs. She just didn't like baring her legs. Until she hit 16 then watch out! lol
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:38 am
War I agree with Scooter, find out what the other girls want to wear/are wearing. In some schools, semi-formal means basically the same as formal. When the youngest went to a semi-formal in 6th grade it was really all over the place as to what the kids wore. As formal as prom dresses down to as informal as a nice shirt and slacks. When the girl down the road went to her semi-formal, she wore something like this: Kohl's
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:51 am
Oh that is cute! Yeah, Dakota's not too comfy wearing dresses or skirts, was thinking tights or leggings might help a little with that. She brought the permission slip home and they had a dress code listed. No strapless or spaghetti straps (unless the wear a shirt underneath or a sweater over it,) normal legnth for school. Party type dress or slacks/skirt and blouse. Dress pants and button up shirts (and/or ties) or sweaters for the boys. Reminded me she had the outfit she wore to Darren's graduation, the black slacks, grey blouse, and flats and she was totally excited about that. However, one of her girlfriends begged her to wear a dress or skirt. So she agreed to at least go look at skirts and wear the blouse she already has. We're going to go looking this weekend I think. Hehe, speaking of the little stinker! This morning she took forever getting ready for school. Found myself hammering on the bathroom door telling her we were going to be late and she said hold on, I'm putting on my glitter powder! Oy. She opened the bathroom door, besides the glittery powder, she'd pulled part of her hair back in a pony tail and looked pretty cute. I didn't get suspicious til she handed me a pair of earrings and asked if I'd put them in for her, then it hit me, "What's his name?" She just grinned. If it wasn't for the fact that I'd already talked to several of the girls and know the plan is for them to go to the winter ball as a group, I might have to worry!
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:23 pm
That's a precious outfit, but would be WAY too casual for semi formal here. the really opaque tights and high heels are big down here.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 6:22 pm
Yeah I figured things were a lot more formal where you are at Annie. But if that's not what is the thing in Dakota's school, she would feel overdressed. Now in the case of the lil neighbor girl, and our youngest, even tho it was labled "semi-formal" most anything went and was worn. Not sure why here in Louisville, but do understand in Podunkhickville town youngest lives in. lol
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 7:30 pm
High heels, along with formal dresses, suits and tuxes are specifically banned in the dress code here. They're encouraged to not wear jeans/t-shirts or anything too casual, but the really formal stuff is outright banned, they won't let them in if they're over-dressed.
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 8:07 pm
War, since Kota has decided to go with the gray blouse & buy a skirt, how about accessorizing with glitter leggings or a sparkly belt.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, December 10, 2010 - 9:56 pm
Anyone know of a site/link (couldn't find it on youtube) of Kristin Chenoweth (or any decent performance, actually) performing "Born on Christmas Day"?
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