Gah! *bonks self* Normally I check out things to see if they are eRumor or not. Folks, my sincere and humble apologies for the posting of the rumor concerning the Mars Spectacular. Now that I think about it, I saw that while visiting with my brother and sister in Gulf Shores in 2003. Doh is me!! Again, I am sorry for cluttering your emailboxes with it. While I am writing, I would like to announce that the gateway from the Coffee County Message Board WILL be reopened. I received not one negative reply. Those not wishing to receive so many posts can set your email mode to digested if you wish. Digested mode takes all emails in a twenty-four hour period and sends them as one (only one) email. This really cuts down on the accumulation of many emails in the emailbox. Let me go find the directions on how to do that. BRB. Okay....it looks fairly simple. 1) Send a BLANK email to [email protected] (you can click here if you like) with the word UNSUBSCRIBE written in the SUBJECT LINE (only unsubscribe--anything else written in subject line will kick it out of the system) and then send. 2) Send a BLANK email to [email protected] (you can click here if you like) with the word SUBSCRIBE written in the SUBJECT LINE (only subscribe--anything else written in subject line will kick it out of the system) and then send. That will get you changed to digest mode from individual list mode. The only other choice to not get the message board posts in your emailbox via this mailing list is to just unsubscribe. I am sorry that there is no way to set the posts to be delivered to some and not to others. Again, I am sorry for the posting of the eRumor, but I thought it so amazing that I wanted to share the viewing of such with all of you. No harm, no foul. Sorry. Everyone who transcribes headstones be careful out there, watch for spiders and snakes, and take someone with you, keep a celphone handy and make sure someone knows where you are going to the cemetery. You all take care now..... Phyllis J. K. Owens Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Dark Hershey's Chocolate Bar, chocolate-peanut clusters, and Hershey's kisses in one hand, Pepsi, moon pies, peanut butter and all the Beich banana kisses one can hold in the other hand, chewing Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum, body throughly worn out and screaming happily "WooHooo! What a ride!! Yeah!! Yeeeehaaaa!!" ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Phyllis Jeannae Kwanja Owens" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Mark Calender > Hey Phyllis, > > That happened in 2003.... > > See Truth or fiction website.. > > Mars is Going to Be the Closest to Earth Then Ever Before in > Recorded History-Truth! But It Was in 2003! > > > Summary of the eRumor > The eRumor says that Mars is going to be close to the > earth in July and August, the closest in recorded history, maybe the > closest > in more than 60,000 years, and will be the brightest object in the sky > apart > from the moon. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phyllis Jeannae Kwanja Owens" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:02 AM > Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Mark Calender > > >> HISTORIC MARS SPECTACULAR IN OUR LIFETIME! >> >> The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! >> >> This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that >> will culminate in August with the closest approach between the two >> planets >> in recorded history!! >> >> The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287!! Due to the way >> Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can >> only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last >> 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens >> again. >> >> The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within >> 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest >> object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will >> appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars >> will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. >> >> Mars will be easy to spot. >> >> At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10 PM. and reach >> its azimuth at about 3 a.m. >> >> By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at >> nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 am. >> >> That's pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in >> recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to >> see >> Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month. >> >> Share this with your children and grandchildren. >> >> NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN!! >> >> Phyllis J. K. Owens >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >