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   From: kymhorsell@gmail.com   
      
   In alt.astronomy Daniel70  wrote:   
   > bertietaylor wrote on 15/05/2024 8:04 am:   
   >> R Kym Horsell wrote:   
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   >   
   >>> But you go wrong forgetting the m on the moon is 3x the m on the earth   
   >>> because of space clobber.   
   >>   
   >> Now that is something new.   
   >> And of course, wrong.   
   >> Because there is no such thing as space clobber.   
   >   
   > I would have thought the 'clobber' you wore in 'space', i.e. 'Space   
   > Clobber', would be reasonable important IF you wanted to remain alive   
   > .... you know, so you could JUMP!! ;-P   
      
   I was shocked to just then find is was an Australiansm. I thought it   
   was an Englishismo.   
   An interesting footnote -- the New Google does not immediately   
   find the relevant definition (only points to hit &ct)   
   so people that only know as much as Google does about anything will   
   not know it either.   
      
   --   
   [Why CO2 can not cause GW #1:]   
   Do you understand how your heater thermostat maintains a relatively   
   constant temperature in the face of external forcings from the weather?   
   -- Bill Ward, 27 Jul 2011   
      
   [Why CO2 can not cause GW #2:]   
   Nobody seems to be able to explain how CO2 can warm the surface without   
   quickly drifting off into non-physical, unobservable claims.   
   -- Bill Ward, 27 Jul 2011   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)