[AZ-Observing] Re: Touring The Sky
- From: Jack Jones <telescoper@xxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:44:45 -0700
He was not wrong as far as he could see. Literally!
Jack
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of
knowledge." --Daniel J. Boorstin
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 5:37 PM, <Skylook123@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> He was very polite, the rest of his family did not speak English, and he
> was very confident of his opinion. And, as you say, he was NOT wrong.
>
> There are times when the line out of the old Nero Wolfe mysteries comes to
> mind. As the huge detective rises to his full height and towers over his
> visitor in his home office, he bellows "Are you a DONKEY?"
> It's enough to smile as the line runs through my mind.
>
> Jim O'Connor
> South Rim Coordinator
> Grand Canyon Star Party
> gcsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> In a message dated 9/18/2011 5:29:30 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> telescoper@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> He may have been a Ph.D. They are never wrong, you know.
> Jack
>
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:11 PM, <Skylook123@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Same here. I had a customer at the Grand Canyon a few years ago who
> > seemed quite intelligent, young man here as a student with his family
> > visiting
> > from India or Pakistan. Very nice people. The cloud bank rising in
> the
> > East got his attention, and he was dismayed we would have to stop
> > observing.
> > Nope, says I, that's the Milky Way, lots more eye candy. No he says,
> > that's clouds. I tip the 18" truss dob over to that area, have him
> bend
> > over
> > and look into the eyepiece and see the richness of the star field. So
> > what
> > does he say then? Oh, those stars are in front of the stars. Ten or
> > twelve
> > other visitors quickly turned their backs and shook their heads. Never
> > did convince him!
> >
> > Jim O'Connor
> > South Rim Coordinator
> > Grand Canyon Star Party
> > gcsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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