= Сообщение: 5078 из 12549 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 30 Jul 17 18:12:25 Кому : Ward Dossche 30 Jul 17 18:12:25 Тема : Service announcement FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+597e0564 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:292/854+a4043267 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+597e08fc ============================================================================== On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 10:01:07 Ward Dossche -> David Rance wrote:
DR>> Yes, I was in Normandy at the time. We had to drive up to Haute Normandie DR>> to actually get the total eclipse but it was worth it as it would be the DR>> only one I would see in my lifetime.
WD> If you're willing to travel around the globe, there are more opportunities.
Oh yes, I know that. If I were that obsessed with it I would.
WD> I saw the partial eclipse in Belgium, had to work (from home).
I saw my first partial eclipse when I was a little boy back in the '40s and I've seen several since. But in 1999 I was near enough to a total eclipse (about 60 miles) that it was worth making a small effort, especially as it wasn't total anywhere in England. I can't remember the exact spot where we watched it - it was right out in the country - but it was near the Seine and the Abbey of St. Wandrille which we visited to fill in time, which is where I heard them wishing each other "bon eclipse".
DR>> Some people had said that cattle would go mad if daylight was reduced DR>> during the day but we were near a field of cattle and they took not the DR>> slightest notice.
WD> I was out in the garden and what I noticed is that the birds turned WD> silent and everything became quiet.
No nightingales? Now that would have been interesting if a nightingale had sung.
David
-- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
