= Сообщение: 5079 из 12549 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 30 Jul 17 18:12:25 Кому : Michiel van der Vlist 30 Jul 17 18:12:25 Тема : Eclipse FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+597e0565 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+597dc099 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5555+597f9238 ============================================================================== On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 13:10:27 Michiel van der Vlist -> David Rance wrote:
MvdV> On Sunday July 30 2017 11:39, you wrote to me:
DR>> Yes, I was in Normandy at the time. We had to drive up to Haute DR>> Normandie to actually get the total eclipse but it was worth it as it DR>> would be the only one I would see in my lifetime.
MvdV> With dirt cheap flying it is easier then a couple of decades ago. With MvdV> the drawback that all the good spots are crowded...
Well, if you mean by a good spot a place where others are gathered with the same intention then that may be true. I was happy enough to get away from the crowds into a country lane.
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 DR>> the slightest notice.
MvdV> It must be really frightening for the uneducated people in the middle MvdV> ages. Having no idea what was happening, seeing the sun being "eaten" MvdV> by ,,, yeah, by what? Awfull...
Why just the Middle Ages? Yes, they would have been used to the winter solstice even if they weren't comfortable with it, but a lunar or a solar eclipse? It may well have sent some people doolally.
DR>> David (writing from Normandy)
MvdV> Will you keep that house now that Ann is gone?
Of course! I've just had my eldest granddaughter staying with me for the first time. She's at Southampton University studying French, German and Russian and wanted a few days where she could practise her French - and to be with me, of course!). In the past her Belgian stepmother took her frequently to Belgium but that seems to have stopped now. Anyway, yesterday I took her to Lisieux (in my nice new Porsche!) to catch a train to Paris where she'll spend a few days with her boyfriend.
David
-- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
