From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   David Spain is guilty of <87lfgw9xw8.fsf@eternal-september.org> as of   
   9/26/2020 11:49:11 AM   
   > OK this properly belongs in sci.astro but I don't know anybody over   
   > there and I need to know that my news client is working, so you all get   
   > to suffer.   
   >   
   > The eve sky in the Northern Hemisphere is putting up quite the planetary   
   > show in these days of Fall 2020. Something to redeem 2020. So in the   
   > evening after sunset if you look to the south southwest you can easily see   
   > Jupiter and Saturn. Then as the evening wears on after around 9:30 ET   
   > look in the East-Southeast for Mars which rules the night. Then early in   
   > the morning around 4:30 ET look in the Southeast for super bright Venus.   
   >   
   > All visible to the naked eye.*   
   >   
      
   Even in SoCal (Orange County coastal).  A couple of weeks ago, you were   
   lucky to see the sun.   
      
   >   
   > *Although off-topic at least has it some relevance to Space and of   
   >  hopefully some (small) value to you the readers. I had thought of   
   >  posting a question like: "When a rocket takes off why is the bottom   
   >  always on fire? Why doesn't it take off without being on fire? Does it   
   >  ever take off with fire coming from the side or the top? Isn't this   
   >  bad? Where do all the ashes go?   
      
   Ask that question after the DIV-H launch.   
      
   > **Be afraid when I change news clients. Be very afraid....   
      
   /dps   
      
   --   
   As a colleague once told me about an incoming manager,   
   "He does very well in a suck-up, kick-down culture."   
      Bill in Vancouver   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)