nonentity

I certainly can . Did you enjoy your lunch / dinner?

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Zaniax

On weekends I tend to sleep very long so it was more like a breakfast, you see ?

nonentity

I do see although I cannot confess to being so lucky. Sleep and I are like poor bedfellows at the best of times. How do you manage it at (ahem) your tender age?

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Zaniax

No problem - I my age the more you sleep the closer you are to eternity

hstn

Any good reason to look past the current nap or current meal?

Zaniax

Who needs a reason for staying alive ?

hstn

Venus and Jupiter came within a moon's width distance in the sky the past couple of mornings; did you have a similar view?

Zaniax

We are less than 4000 miles apart which can be neglected compared to the distances to those planets.
So don't you imagine that we have the same view ?

hstn

good point. wouldn't angle and place matter, as they do for some eclipse viewings?

Zaniax

Oh, the moon is just a light second away and the sun 500 times as much.
So the proportions are quite different, you see ?

hstn

Were you a question writer for standardized tests?

Zaniax

I'm retired but tries to cope.
Don't you think that astronomy is interesting ?

hstn

Can you remember the first night you experienced away from city lights, looking up into the sky and seeing the wondrous lights?

Zaniax

Sure - have you ever seen North Lights in the Artics ?

hstn

No, are there words to describe?