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Re: Two weeks to Mystic!
From: Craig Z
Date: 2006 Jun 5, 17:09 +1000
From: Craig Z
Date: 2006 Jun 5, 17:09 +1000
just list the location in lat+long On 6/5/06, Greg R.wrote: > Alex wrote: > > > Is it possible to predict them more than 2 weeks in advance? > > Perhaps a listing in the various almanacs would be appropriate? Maybe limit > the attendance to only those who can solve the navigation problem and locate > the event site?... ;-) > > -- > GregR > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alexandre E Eremenko" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 10:35 PM > Subject: Re: Two weeks to Mystic! > > > > I would also like to attend some event like this. > > Do they happen only in summer? > > Is it possible to predict them more than 2 weeks in advance? > > > > Alex > > > > On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Greg R. wrote: > > > > > > Frank wrote: > > > > > > > The "Celestial Navigation Celebration" is just two weeks away! > > > > > > Is this an annual event by any chance? I would love to attend something > like > > > this, but work (and other scheduling conflicts) precludes going this > year - > > > when is the next one after this scheduled? > > > > > > -- > > > GregR > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Frank Reed" > > > To: > > > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 4:16 PM > > > Subject: Two weeks to Mystic! > > > > > > > > > > The "Celestial Navigation Celebration" is just two weeks away! I look > > > > forward to seeing you all there. It's shaping up to be quite an > event. > > > The Senior > > > > Curator of Mystic Seaport, Bill Peterson, has stepped forward to help > > > conduct > > > > tours of the museum's Collections Research Center (where we'll see > some > > > nice > > > > old navigational instruments). This is a good case of the "if you > build > > > it, > > > > they will come" scenario. I didn't ask the museum management to help > us > > > out > > > > since I did not want to burden them with work (or myself with > > > bureaucratic > > > > wrangling), but once they realized how impressive this meeting might > turn > > > out to > > > > be, they simply had to jump on-board. > > > > > > > > Additionally, we now have a location for our Saturday night group > dinner. > > > > It's an unremarkable restaurant called "Jamms" with really good food > and > > > good > > > > prices, very close to Mystic Seaport and the motels. Everything > > > picturesque > > > > with an ocean-view is booked for June weddings. Ken Gebhart, > well-known > > > to the > > > > list as the Founder and Owner of Celestaire, will be our dinner > speaker. > > > > > > > > There are many other speakers and events planned for the weekend. For > > > > details, please visit www.fer3.com/Mystic2006 . It is not too late to > > > join us, by > > > > the way. Southwest flies to Providence which is just 40 minutes from > > > Mystic > > > > Seaport and frequently has excellent low fares at the last minute. > > > > > > > > -FER > > > > 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. > > > > www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars > > > > > > > > > >