Re: ATM Clive's tough situation

["Bill Cotten" <billsas@worldnet.att.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Clive Milne <milnecd@wantree.com.au>
To: atm@shore.net <atm@shore.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: ATM Clive's tough situation


>
> Chuck asked.....
>>We know your views are severely handicapped by your geographical
>>location, but what I want to know is, why do observers "down under" buy
>>and use image-erecting diagonals?
>
>..... We like the "Northern" experience every now and then,
>just so as we don't lose perspective of how good we really
>have it down here.
>.....It's an empathy / humility thing I guess....    ;-)
>
>>Your view is upside-down to begin with, so the view through any
>>"standard", inverting telescope is actually oriented correctly, and
>>needs no re-version, when used in the southern hemisphere....
>>(tongue-in-cheek)
>
>
>.... Ahhh, but you see...... You are forgetting the "unspoken"
>re-inversion that occurs in the human eye... Australia, as it
>turns out is the right way up after all. !!!!!.... Simple logic
>confirms this....  Nine tenths of the Earth's land mass is found
>in the Northern hemisphere...It is only reasonable to suggest
>therefore, that the heavy half of the Earth would naturally find
>it's way to the lowest point in space, the North ..!!!!.... Also,
>please consider the natural propensity of cream to float to the
>top.....  The Southern Sky I contend, is just a manifistation of
>this principle on a Macro scale..... ;-)
>.... Clive.


LOL!!!  Now where did I put those hip waders?

Bill Cotten
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