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| Started by | jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> |
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| First post | 2015-10-11 13:48 +0000 |
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Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-11 13:48 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-11 14:45 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-11 10:52 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-11 22:18 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 20:05 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-12 05:26 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-12 15:59 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-10-13 01:19 -0300
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-13 12:27 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-10-13 13:40 -0300
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-13 23:17 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-14 10:02 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 12:16 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2015-10-13 17:39 +0100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-10-13 12:51 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-13 18:23 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 14:41 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-13 17:35 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 22:24 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 05:39 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:32 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-15 16:25 -0700
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-15 20:07 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2015-10-16 10:46 +0100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 08:58 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-16 13:52 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-12 13:09 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-12 08:49 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-12 16:41 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 10:39 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-13 18:23 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-13 19:03 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-13 20:44 +0200
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-13 20:24 -0700
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 05:39 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:51 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-10-12 20:34 +0100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-10-13 07:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2015-10-13 09:01 +0100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-10-13 09:43 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2015-10-13 15:19 +0100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-10-13 10:21 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-10-13 13:12 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-12 15:14 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:38 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-13 13:17 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 12:03 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-13 20:26 -0700
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 05:47 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-15 16:27 -0700
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-10-16 07:48 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-16 13:55 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-16 18:14 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:35 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-10-17 07:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-19 13:09 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-19 15:14 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-10-20 07:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-16 16:47 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-10-16 14:26 +0100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-10-14 13:00 +0100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-14 10:00 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-14 14:20 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-15 12:54 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-15 16:44 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-16 13:04 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-16 18:48 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "78lp" <78lp@nospam.com> - 2015-10-17 15:58 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "78lp" <78lp@nospam.com> - 2015-10-18 17:37 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-18 11:12 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-18 13:24 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-18 19:21 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "78lp" <78lp@nospam.com> - 2015-10-19 15:28 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 15:30 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 06:31 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 09:04 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:54 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:59 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 10:22 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-12 20:42 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-12 21:40 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-12 22:39 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-10-12 18:08 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-13 17:15 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 20:17 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 12:12 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-13 17:22 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-13 20:06 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-13 20:38 -0700
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2015-10-16 22:33 -0300
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 10:38 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-13 20:40 -0700
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-12 13:48 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-12 16:04 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-13 12:25 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 15:49 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 11:30 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-15 12:54 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:38 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 08:51 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-10-14 21:16 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 12:14 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-12 16:19 -0700
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-13 00:17 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-10-13 01:33 -0300
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-12 16:00 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-10-13 07:46 +0100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-13 11:42 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:53 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 20:08 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2015-10-14 12:17 -0300
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 18:21 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:44 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-16 21:09 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-19 15:19 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-19 20:45 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-12 15:57 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 20:16 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-13 13:12 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-10-13 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-14 16:20 +0200
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-15 12:54 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-15 17:51 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-16 13:09 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-16 21:33 +0200
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 07:03 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-15 23:04 +0200
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-16 13:04 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-16 20:24 +0200
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-17 11:18 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-17 19:06 +0200
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-17 18:34 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-17 21:31 +0200
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-17 13:22 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 15:45 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-17 06:47 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 05:00 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-10-24 15:23 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 08:49 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-13 20:47 +0200
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 08:54 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-15 12:54 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 06:29 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-15 14:42 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 11:21 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-16 13:04 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 15:32 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-10-13 10:00 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 15:49 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-10-14 13:24 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-14 17:35 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 18:21 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-14 18:48 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:42 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-10-14 21:20 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-15 06:49 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-15 17:51 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:40 -0500
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-17 13:22 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:47 +1100
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-11 15:11 +0000
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-11 15:01 -0400
Re: [Poll] Computing favorities pechter@S20.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) - 2015-10-12 19:56 +0000
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| From | Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> |
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| Date | 2015-10-12 20:34 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <20151012203426.a670a51b649bdf7d93c3a9e8@eircom.net> |
| In reply to | #152732 |
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:49:56 -0500 "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote: > "jmfbahciv" wrote: > > > I've always noticed phases of the moon. Some holidays are determined > > by moon phases within a season. People plant based on the moon phase. > > How about a moon phase clock, then you would be set till the battery The cheap large LCD self setting (radio based) clock we have in the kitchen shows the phase of the moon, as does the cheap self setting alarm clock which never gets used because there seems to be no way to turn the alarm off. Battery lasts a *long* time (I don't know how long it's still on the first one), and it will just set itself when the battery gets replaced. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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| From | Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 07:02 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnn1pb39.8pm.plan.b@ID-309335.user.uni-berlin.de> |
| In reply to | #152746 |
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:34:26 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:49:56 -0500 > "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote: > >> "jmfbahciv" wrote: >> >> > I've always noticed phases of the moon. Some holidays are determined >> > by moon phases within a season. People plant based on the moon phase. >> >> How about a moon phase clock, then you would be set till the battery > > The cheap large LCD self setting (radio based) clock we have in > the kitchen shows the phase of the moon, as does the cheap self setting > alarm clock which never gets used because there seems to be no way to turn > the alarm off. Battery lasts a *long* time (I don't know how long it's > still on the first one), and it will just set itself when the battery gets > replaced. > My weather display machine has a clock that gets its time/date from the German time-signal radio station near Frankfurt and shows phases of the moon, rise and set times etc. Batteries last about a year... -- Stan Barr plan.b@bluesomatic.org
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| From | David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 09:01 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <84r3kzi4e4.fsf@example.com> |
| In reply to | #152775 |
Emacs has a command to display the moon phases. phase-of-moon
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| From | Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 09:43 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mvj1n0$c86$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #152776 |
David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> writes: > Emacs has a command to display the moon phases. > > phase-of-moon Emacs says: `phases-of-moon' is an obsolete command (as of 23.1); use `lunar-phases' instead. Saturday, September 5, 2015: Last Quarter Moon 6:01am (EDT) Sunday, September 13, 2015: New Moon 2:43am (EDT) Monday, September 21, 2015: First Quarter Moon 5:00am (EDT) Sunday, September 27, 2015: Full Moon 10:48pm (EDT) Sunday, October 4, 2015: Last Quarter Moon 5:12pm (EDT) Monday, October 12, 2015: New Moon 8:07pm (EDT) Tuesday, October 20, 2015: First Quarter Moon 4:32pm (EDT) Tuesday, October 27, 2015: Full Moon 8:02am (EDT) Tuesday, November 3, 2015: Last Quarter Moon 7:29am (EST) Wednesday, November 11, 2015: New Moon 12:48pm (EST) Thursday, November 19, 2015: First Quarter Moon 1:28am (EST) Wednesday, November 25, 2015: Full Moon 5:41pm (EST) -- Dan Espen
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| From | David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 15:19 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <848u764zs5.fsf@example.com> |
| In reply to | #152794 |
Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> writes: > Emacs says: > > `phases-of-moon' is an obsolete command (as of 23.1); use > `lunar-phases' instead. > Oh I see thanks. phases-of-moon seems to be calling lunar-phases on my system.
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| From | Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 10:21 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mvj3sj$lgb$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #152798 |
David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> writes: > Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> writes: > >> Emacs says: >> >> `phases-of-moon' is an obsolete command (as of 23.1); use >> `lunar-phases' instead. > > Oh I see thanks. phases-of-moon seems to be calling lunar-phases on my system. Yes, M-x phases-of-moon works, just adds the message above. -- Dan Espen
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| From | rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 13:12 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <561d0347$0$1707$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> |
| In reply to | #152732 |
Osmium <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote: +--------------- | How about a moon phase clock, then you would be set till | the battery failed. There seems to be a lot of interest in | such things based on these images. ... +--------------- I have a free moon phase app ["MoonWidget"] running on my Android phone. The desktop icon shows percent_full and rising & setting times; opening the app shows a lot of other details. I'm guessing such things also exist for iPhones. -Rob ----- Rob Warnock <rpw3@rpw3.org> 627 26th Avenue <http://rpw3.org/> San Mateo, CA 94403
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| From | scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) |
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| Date | 2015-10-12 15:14 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <D7QSx.89578$s%4.48064@fx20.iad> |
| In reply to | #152731 |
jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> writes: >Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On 2015-10-11, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2015, jmfbahciv wrote: >>> >>>> Did it include the phases of the moon? I could not find a 2015 calendar >>>> which had them; I wasn't going to spend $8 on one just to see those >>>> expensive calendars were real calendars. >>>> >>> I hadnt' thought about that. But it wasn't uncommon years back to have >>> the phase of the moon on a calendar, but I havent' noticed it in some >>> years. >> >> I suspect that most people no longer care about celestial phenomena (aside >> from the Kardashians). They're too busy staring at their smartphones to >> look at the sky anyway. >> >I started noticing the absence about 4 years ago. Last year every >calendar I looked at didn't have the phases. I couldn't tell if the >super expensive calenders sold at B&N had the data. It marks an >indication of useful knowledge being lost, e.g., no farming >knowledge of any kind. A quick sampling of four calendars on Amazon.com show that half of them contained moon phase information, half didn't. > >I've always noticed phases of the moon. Some holidays are determined >by moon phases within a season. People plant based on the moon phase. Farmers in the middle ages planted based on the moon phase. Modern farmers plant based on the soil conditions and weather report.
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| From | jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 12:38 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <PM000521FBFD481201@aca20236.ipt.aol.com> |
| In reply to | #152734 |
Scott Lurndal wrote: > jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> writes: >>Charlie Gibbs wrote: >>> On 2015-10-11, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2015, jmfbahciv wrote: >>>> >>>>> Did it include the phases of the moon? I could not find a 2015 calendar >>>>> which had them; I wasn't going to spend $8 on one just to see those >>>>> expensive calendars were real calendars. >>>>> >>>> I hadnt' thought about that. But it wasn't uncommon years back to have >>>> the phase of the moon on a calendar, but I havent' noticed it in some >>>> years. >>> >>> I suspect that most people no longer care about celestial phenomena (aside >>> from the Kardashians). They're too busy staring at their smartphones to >>> look at the sky anyway. >>> >>I started noticing the absence about 4 years ago. Last year every >>calendar I looked at didn't have the phases. I couldn't tell if the >>super expensive calenders sold at B&N had the data. It marks an >>indication of useful knowledge being lost, e.g., no farming >>knowledge of any kind. > > A quick sampling of four calendars on Amazon.com show that half of > them contained moon phase information, half didn't. Interesting. I live in an agriculture-based part of the state; none of the give-away calenders had moon phases on them. > >> >>I've always noticed phases of the moon. Some holidays are determined >>by moon phases within a season. People plant based on the moon phase. > > Farmers in the middle ages planted based on the moon phase. Modern > farmers plant based on the soil conditions and weather report. Which has to do with the occurrence of the phase of the moon within a season. /BAH
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| From | scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 13:17 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <Hv7Tx.16674$p53.4001@fx07.iad> |
| In reply to | #152789 |
jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> writes: >Scott Lurndal wrote: >> A quick sampling of four calendars on Amazon.com show that half of >> them contained moon phase information, half didn't. > >Interesting. I live in an agriculture-based part of the state; none >of the give-away calenders had moon phases on them. Farmers haven't cared about the phase of the moon for half a century or more, so the calendars don't need the phase. The family farm is pretty much done - industrial operations don't use folklore to grow crops, they use science. > >> >>> >>>I've always noticed phases of the moon. Some holidays are determined >>>by moon phases within a season. People plant based on the moon phase. >> >> Farmers in the middle ages planted based on the moon phase. Modern >> farmers plant based on the soil conditions and weather report. > >Which has to do with the occurrence of the phase of the moon within a season. No, it has to do with weather and climatology.
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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 12:03 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1510131202310.2103@darkstar.example.org> |
| In reply to | #152791 |
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Scott Lurndal wrote: > jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> writes: >> Scott Lurndal wrote: > >>> A quick sampling of four calendars on Amazon.com show that half of >>> them contained moon phase information, half didn't. >> >> Interesting. I live in an agriculture-based part of the state; none >> of the give-away calenders had moon phases on them. > > Farmers haven't cared about the phase of the moon for half > a century or more, so the calendars don't need the phase. > > The family farm is pretty much done - industrial operations don't > use folklore to grow crops, they use science. > There seems to be a new "back to the land" movement, the new generation not realizing that their parents or grandparents did it forty-five years ago. They may want to know the phase of the moon so they can dance skyclad the night before the planting to ensure fertility, or something like that. Michael
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| From | Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2015-10-13 20:26 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <ioir1b9uj28ae5guore7llvpuoujooepcc@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #152807 |
On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:03:42 -0400, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Scott Lurndal wrote:
[snip]
>There seems to be a new "back to the land" movement, the new generation
>not realizing that their parents or grandparents did it forty-five years
>ago.
>
>They may want to know the phase of the moon so they can dance skyclad the
>night before the planting to ensure fertility, or something like that.
It could be far more practical. ISTM that if you sow around the
full moon, you could more easily work into the evening, if it were
needed.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2015-10-14 05:47 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mvkq8p02uc0@news6.newsguy.com> |
| In reply to | #152863 |
On 2015-10-14, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:03:42 -0400, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> > wrote: > >> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Scott Lurndal wrote: > > [snip] > >> There seems to be a new "back to the land" movement, the new generation >> not realizing that their parents or grandparents did it forty-five years >> ago. >> >> They may want to know the phase of the moon so they can dance skyclad the >> night before the planting to ensure fertility, or something like that. > > It could be far more practical. ISTM that if you sow around the > full moon, you could more easily work into the evening, if it were > needed. Ditto for reaping, hence the term "harvest moon". -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
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| From | Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> |
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| Date | 2015-10-15 16:27 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <chd02bd51hlahhc1q9fqarul7qpld81fn6@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #152872 |
On 14 Oct 2015 05:47:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
wrote:
>On 2015-10-14, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:03:42 -0400, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> There seems to be a new "back to the land" movement, the new generation
>>> not realizing that their parents or grandparents did it forty-five years
>>> ago.
>>>
>>> They may want to know the phase of the moon so they can dance skyclad the
>>> night before the planting to ensure fertility, or something like that.
>>
>> It could be far more practical. ISTM that if you sow around the
>> full moon, you could more easily work into the evening, if it were
>> needed.
>
>Ditto for reaping, hence the term "harvest moon".
Ah. Thank you. I never knew the significance of the term.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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| From | Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> |
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| Date | 2015-10-16 07:48 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnn21av6.g13.plan.b@ID-309335.user.uni-berlin.de> |
| In reply to | #152985 |
On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:27:02 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote: > On 14 Oct 2015 05:47:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> > wrote: >> >>Ditto for reaping, hence the term "harvest moon". > > Ah. Thank you. I never knew the significance of the term. That prompted me to go look up the meaning of "Sugar Moon" (first full moon in May). Last night I was watching a video of Leon Rausch - ex Bob Willls and the Texas Playboys - singing a song of that name with the band "Asleep at the Wheel" and I wondered what it meant. I'm getting quite into Western Swing... -- Stan Barr plan.b@bluesomatic.org
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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
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| Date | 2015-10-16 13:55 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1510161353440.8168@darkstar.example.org> |
| In reply to | #152988 |
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Stan Barr wrote: > On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:27:02 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote: >> On 14 Oct 2015 05:47:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> >> wrote: >>> >>> Ditto for reaping, hence the term "harvest moon". >> >> Ah. Thank you. I never knew the significance of the term. > > That prompted me to go look up the meaning of "Sugar Moon" (first full > moon in May). > Last night I was watching a video of Leon Rausch - ex Bob Willls and the > Texas Playboys - singing a song of that name with the band "Asleep at > the Wheel" and I wondered what it meant. > > I'm getting quite into Western Swing... > I've long intended to get some albums. Have you listened to any Jimmie Rodgers? Not western swing, but you see the influence of jazz and blues, he being the intermediate step before "country" as we know it. Michael
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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
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| Date | 2015-10-16 18:14 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mvreqc05tt@news6.newsguy.com> |
| In reply to | #153001 |
On 2015-10-16, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Stan Barr wrote: > >> On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:27:02 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote: >> >>> On 14 Oct 2015 05:47:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Ditto for reaping, hence the term "harvest moon". >>> >>> Ah. Thank you. I never knew the significance of the term. >> >> That prompted me to go look up the meaning of "Sugar Moon" (first full >> moon in May). >> Last night I was watching a video of Leon Rausch - ex Bob Willls and the >> Texas Playboys - singing a song of that name with the band "Asleep at >> the Wheel" and I wondered what it meant. >> >> I'm getting quite into Western Swing... > > I've long intended to get some albums. > > Have you listened to any Jimmie Rodgers? Not western swing, but you see > the influence of jazz and blues, he being the intermediate step before > "country" as we know it. His music is a favourite at our bluegrass jams. And yes, I yodel... -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ HTML will DEFINITELY be ignored. Join the ASCII ribbon campaign!
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| From | "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> |
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| Date | 2015-10-16 14:35 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <mvrjed$31t$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #153002 |
"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message news:mvreqc05tt@news6.newsguy.com... > On 2015-10-16, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote: > >> On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Stan Barr wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:27:02 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 14 Oct 2015 05:47:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ditto for reaping, hence the term "harvest moon". >>>> >>>> Ah. Thank you. I never knew the significance of the term. >>> >>> That prompted me to go look up the meaning of "Sugar Moon" (first full >>> moon in May). >>> Last night I was watching a video of Leon Rausch - ex Bob Willls and the >>> Texas Playboys - singing a song of that name with the band "Asleep at >>> the Wheel" and I wondered what it meant. >>> >>> I'm getting quite into Western Swing... >> >> I've long intended to get some albums. >> >> Have you listened to any Jimmie Rodgers? Not western swing, but you see >> the influence of jazz and blues, he being the intermediate step before >> "country" as we know it. > > His music is a favourite at our bluegrass jams. And yes, I yodel... > All along the water tank, waiting for a drink I'm a thousand miles away from home, standing in the rain My pocket book is empty, my old heart is filled with pain I'm a thousand miles away form home, a-waiting for a train Yo-lee-yo-ladddyyy.... yo-ladddyyy... yo-laddyyy...... -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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| From | Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> |
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| Date | 2015-10-17 07:02 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnn23sjb.8m8.plan.b@ID-309335.user.uni-berlin.de> |
| In reply to | #153001 |
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:55:00 -0400, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Stan Barr wrote: > >> On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:27:02 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote: >>> On 14 Oct 2015 05:47:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ditto for reaping, hence the term "harvest moon". >>> >>> Ah. Thank you. I never knew the significance of the term. >> >> That prompted me to go look up the meaning of "Sugar Moon" (first full >> moon in May). >> Last night I was watching a video of Leon Rausch - ex Bob Willls and the >> Texas Playboys - singing a song of that name with the band "Asleep at >> the Wheel" and I wondered what it meant. >> >> I'm getting quite into Western Swing... >> > I've long intended to get some albums. > Lots of good stuff out there, and dvds too. YouTube is a great way to find these things. > Have you listened to any Jimmie Rodgers? Not western swing, but you see > the influence of jazz and blues, he being the intermediate step before > "country" as we know it. > Yep I'm familiar with his stuff! Now I've got old and decrepit and have tendon trouble in my fingers I've more-or-less stopped playing ordinary guitar and concentrated on slide guitar. This led me into buying a lap steel guitar and I've been doing a lot of listening to those players lately. I'm starting to get the hang of it now... -- Stan Barr plan.b@bluesomatic.org
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| From | scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) |
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| Date | 2015-10-19 13:09 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <aY5Vx.92146$JM4.80645@fx04.iad> |
| In reply to | #153025 |
Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> writes: >On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:55:00 -0400, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote: >> On Fri, 16 Oct 2015, Stan Barr wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:27:02 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote: >>>> On 14 Oct 2015 05:47:05 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ditto for reaping, hence the term "harvest moon". >>>> >>>> Ah. Thank you. I never knew the significance of the term. >>> >>> That prompted me to go look up the meaning of "Sugar Moon" (first full >>> moon in May). >>> Last night I was watching a video of Leon Rausch - ex Bob Willls and the >>> Texas Playboys - singing a song of that name with the band "Asleep at >>> the Wheel" and I wondered what it meant. >>> >>> I'm getting quite into Western Swing... >>> >> I've long intended to get some albums. >> > >Lots of good stuff out there, and dvds too. YouTube is a great way to >find these things. > >> Have you listened to any Jimmie Rodgers? Not western swing, but you see >> the influence of jazz and blues, he being the intermediate step before >> "country" as we know it. >> > >Yep I'm familiar with his stuff! I've grown quite fond of Wes Montgomery's work with the guitar. Pair him with Jimmy Smith on the Hammond B-3 and magic ensues..
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