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andyf
10-01-2003, 13:05
My line manager is having a rant. He says that since he always sees the moon every night, that means Australia don't see it because we're 'in the way'.

We can see the moon during the day at the moment. but that's not relevant.

Do Australia see the moon ever?
Actual_Ben_Taylor
10-01-2003, 13:14
Aren't thick people brilliant, they never fail to make me smile....
StuyMac
10-01-2003, 13:16
I think they do Andy, but as a little test, can any Aussies on the BB see this:


http://smilies.crowd9.com/contrib/tweetz/moon.gif


:D :D :D
andyf
10-01-2003, 13:21
Stuy, I have to give you a caution for your use of obscene pictures. Please repent immediately, flog yourself with a large haddock, and give me your S14.
Phil L
10-01-2003, 13:21
I hope you told him, 'because we see the sun every day (ok we see daylight :) ), australia don't see it because we're in the way'
Jeff
10-01-2003, 13:51
I've seen the moon in New Zealand and that's only down the road from Oz ;)

The crescent is round the other way tho! What I mean is, we may see it as a ) shape but for them it's a ( shape. Or the other way round - which way does the moon go, I've forgotten :o

Wonder what shape it is on the equator? Led down I spose :confused:
Vez
10-01-2003, 13:55
Of course they bloody do it orbits the opposite way to which the world spins...

Glad to see CSC muppet managers arent a rarity ;)
andyf
10-01-2003, 14:02
*guffaw* :D
Vez
10-01-2003, 14:09
If hes still ranting, then ask him if they cant see it during the night, then how come we cant see it during the day, AND howcome eclipses are never in the same place because his theory dictates that the eclipse will be in the same place, everyday of the week, and they are a little rarer than that....

Actually dont argue, his head might explode!
yeager
10-01-2003, 14:15
What a plonker ?!?! this is your boss ? Tell him they dont and that the earth is still flat...

http://australiasky.tripod.com/moon/
Vez
10-01-2003, 14:24
Hey mr ULTI-Mod

This thing has got you by the short and curlies and you havent even sat in one yet ;)
AshT_200
10-01-2003, 15:53
Originally posted by Vez
Of course they bloody do it orbits the opposite way to which the world spins...

Glad to see CSC muppet managers arent a rarity ;)

You sure about that? :confused:

Thought it orbited just slower than the earths spin.
Vez
10-01-2003, 16:02
Nope but it sounded good (shhhh) ;)
Martin T
10-01-2003, 16:08
Yep 28 1/4 days.
I can confirm in theory that you can see the moon from Oz, but I have no proof as when I spent 3 months down there a few years ago, I was too p*ssed to notice:D
Johnny
10-01-2003, 16:20
He probably thinks that because the sun never sets in the East , that Japan is cast in continual Daylight. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
TAC
10-01-2003, 22:39
Originally posted by Jeff
I've seen the moon in New Zealand and that's only down the road from Oz ;)

The crescent is round the other way tho! What I mean is, we may see it as a ) shape but for them it's a ( shape. Or the other way round - which way does the moon go, I've forgotten :o

Wonder what shape it is on the equator? Led down I spose :confused:

Went to Thailand a few years ago and was amazed to see that the moon was upside down :D Somehow it had never occurred to me... :rolleyes: :D :D