[kj] [Bulk] Re: Latest Blog Post from Youth:

[Neil Perry]

lol and lol again!

On 7 March 2010 16:43, <gingoblin at easynet.co.uk> wrote:


>

> Ha ha, yeah, we'd travelled down from Edinburgh for the eclipse... only to

> be standing looking at the cloud. It was still pretty good though! And oh,

> Hawkwind were playing in a field later in the day and again at night, so

> can't complain really!

>

> Glad you got to see the launch Neil!  I'm looking into putting a certain

> J.Coleman on top of a massive bomb and launching him into space should any

> more entire bleedin' tours be cancelled!

>

> Dave in Edinburgh

>

>

>

> At 23:22 06/03/2010 +0000, you wrote:

>

>> you lucky bugger, seeing a shuttle launch has always been an ambition

>> of mine. As is seeing a total solar eclipse, and Im unlikely to see

>> either now. Went to cornwall for the eclipse in '99, and the only

>> clouds in the sky for the whole week we were there was the 2 hours of

>> complete cover which obscured the whole event. Didnt see a fucking

>> thing. Im still gutted about that to this day.

>>

>> On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:59:24 +0100, you wrote:

>>

>> >Being an unashamed space nerd, a month ago I acted on a very long-held

>> >ambition and travelled to Florida to see a space shuttle launch from

>> Kennedy

>> >Space Centre. Now this is a risky use of time/money, as it is quite

>> possible

>> >it will be postponed/cancelled - it is

>> >of course the most complicated machine ever built by humans, yet it

>> relies

>> >on getting

>> >into orbit by the ignition of what is basically a massive bomb. And sure

>> >enough,

>> >after I had travelled 3000 miles, queued for hours then sat around until

>> >4.30am, it was

>> >postponed 9 minutes before launch due to various safety reasons. Fair

>> >enough,

>> >there are six people sat on top of the massive bomb so every precaution

>> has

>> >to be taken.

>> >It was to be expected. But I was still absolutely gutted.

>> >

>> >Elsewhere, a band fail to get the recording of their new album to

>> coincide

>> >with a world tour.

>> >I only mention these two things together because ONE OF THEM IS NOT

>> >FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE.

>> >

>> >N

>> >

>> >PS: I witnessed the space shuttle launch 24 hours later. And it was

>> awesome.

>> >So never give up hope, eh?

>> >

>> >

>> >On 6 March 2010 19:42, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

>> >wrote:

>> >

>> >> I "understand" the reasoning for this.

>> >>

>> >> But still.

>> >>

>> >> MOTHERFUCK.

>> >>

>> >>

>> >> -0liver

>> >>

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