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Old 11-August-2005, 04:44 AM
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I was at a birthday party last Friday when the birthday girl made a comment about mars being as large as the moon in a few weeks. I said she must have heard or been told wrong, because the closest approach was a few years ago, but it would never be as big as the moon. However, she persisted so I left it alone, since it was her party. I hate to respond with an "appeal to authority" but sometimes you want to just smack someone upside the head and ask "what's the matter with you." This is the roommate of the person I mentioned in another thread who thinks that neutrons only interact with water and that fission chain reactions are caused by beta and alpha particles.

Oh, my aching head. #-o
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