Day of the Triffids

[blobrana]

   Hum,

Remember today/tomorrow the meteor shower starts...

See Realplayer Clip

[PMC]

blobrana wrote:
   Hum,

Remember today/tomorrow the meteor shower starts...

See Realplayer Clip

Thanks Blob,

You've just reminded me of two important things, firstly to watch for shooting stars tonight (and make some wishes), and also that I mustn't forget to water Albert (my spider plant).

[Cyberus]

Your plant has a name?

I remember one of my old school friends had a plant he called Linda






Lynda La Plante

[he had, and still has, a terrible sense of humour]


And then, it had a 'baby' growing in the same pot that he called Harry. Until I came round and pointed out that the 'baby' was in fact a weed :lol:


BTW, I remember Day of the Triffids being the first thing that ever scared me on TV (well, I was about 3 at the time). I have the book somewhere, never read it though....

[PMC]

Well yeah, just sayng "I'm going to water the plant" sounds so impersonal, so I christened it Albert.  

An old college mate of mine had a plant called "Emily", if my  memory is correct that was a type of weed too...

[JaXanim]

@blobrana

Yea, and it's heavy cloud and rainy tonite --- of course it is, I knew it would be!

Just as it is each and every time something interesting happens. Dooh...!

JaX

PS: Still you can listen in to Perseid radio signals at Space Weather if it's too mucky to see anything.

[Cyberus]

An old college mate of mine had a plant called "Emily", if my  memory is correct that was a type of weed too...

I wonder if his memory is correct? :-)

[Cyberus]

JaXanim wrote:
@blobrana

Yea, and it's heavy cloud and rainy tonite --- of course it is, I knew it would be!

Just as it is each and every time something interesting happens. Dooh...!

JaX

PS: Still you can listen in to Perseid radio signals at Space Weather if it's too mucky to see anything.

Yeah, its peeing down here at the moment :-(

[blobrana]

@JaXanim
Tnx for the link, - but got it already on my site...

Yeah the latest satellite pictures don't  look too good
See (in infrared)

Had to resort to the webcams... everywhere else has clear skies...!!!

(Except in in Florida where there's two massive storms about to strike - Hurricane Bonnie and Charley)

[PMC]

@Blob

I missed the show as East Anglia was well and truly clouded over last night, a real shame considering I try and make a habit of watching out for meteors this time of year.

I saw a great display back in '95...

[blobrana]

Hum,
Yeah, same here...
...nothing better than  getting out into wilderness on a warm night, building a campfire, and relaxing back to watch a Great display...(with perhaps a live jazz band playing in the background...worth remembering...

but perhaps tonite...

[PMC]

@Blob

That sounds good to me, I remember back in '95 when me and a couple of mates were lying on a grassy bank in the middle of nowhere during a very warm night watching meteors shooting across the sky seeing who could count the most.

Make sure you remember to make a wish too....

[odin]

I saw a falling star about a week ago in the mountains in Norway at a small cabin, sitting outside trying to get roundabout thoughts about a certain female out of my head.....

I made a wish allright.....

*sigh*

[PMC]

@Odin

Hehe, we're such a bunch of hopeless romantics on this site aren't we?

I seem to remember making a similar wish on that sultry evening nine years ago....

*sigh*

[odin]

If only she's reply to my emails..... :-(. Oh well, luckily there's still another 2,49*10^9 females left on the planet...

[PMC]

Haha!

Luckily there's more shooting stars....