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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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The Big Dipper is BIG and usually bright, but if you're stuck in a city you may not see it. The Little Dipper is dimmer; all I can see from home, with Baltimore's light pollution to the North, is Polaris (the North Star or Pole Star, at the end of the handle) and the two stars at the end of the bowl. The two dipper handles curve opposite each other.
One can use the handle of the Big Dipper to find other stars. The mnemonic saying is "Follow the arc to Arcturus, then speed on to Spica and curve on to Corvus." Arcturus is in the constellation Bootes, the Herdsman, Spica is in Virgo, the Virgin, and Corvus is a constellation, the Crow, low in the South this time of year.
One can use the handle of the Big Dipper to find other stars. The mnemonic saying is "Follow the arc to Arcturus, then speed on to Spica and curve on to Corvus." Arcturus is in the constellation Bootes, the Herdsman, Spica is in Virgo, the Virgin, and Corvus is a constellation, the Crow, low in the South this time of year.
Regards//Larry
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"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959) wrote and recorded "Chantilly Lace" (Chantilly lace and pretty face and a pony tail hanging down....oh, baby, that's what I like").
He also wrote "Running Bear" (made famous by Johnny Preston) and "White Lightning" (recorded by George Jones).
He died at 28 in an airplane crash, along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.
He also wrote "Running Bear" (made famous by Johnny Preston) and "White Lightning" (recorded by George Jones).
He died at 28 in an airplane crash, along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.
Ars longa, vita brevis
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Buddy Holly! Billy Holiday died from intravenous drug use. He (Buddy Holly) was a rocker, she (Billy Holiday) was a jazz singer.Are you thinking of Billy Holliday (?) and his buddiesI keep looking for the Big Bopper, but I can find him. All I ever see is a little pot-looking thing.
killed in 1959?
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Don't know where we got all confused. Must be a rare
form of Part-timers, or Some-timers, or Half-timers.
It was Buddy Holly to whom I was originally referring.
But not being a ROCK fan, except the rupicoline type,
I could not remember. Big Bopper was Buddy's buddy.
and the Big Dipper was the question in poing ( I think ).
form of Part-timers, or Some-timers, or Half-timers.
It was Buddy Holly to whom I was originally referring.
But not being a ROCK fan, except the rupicoline type,
I could not remember. Big Bopper was Buddy's buddy.
and the Big Dipper was the question in poing ( I think ).
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