Johnny Carson R.I.P.

Truly a sad day, the day he went off the air the late nite tv audiance
suffered a great loss, he will be greatly missed.

Tom Wales :-((

"Rank Amateur" wrote in message
nk.net...
Anyone here ever see Carson observe? Attend a star party? Of course, I
know he was an amateur astronomer because he would occasionally mention
it
on his show.

Bill G.

So, you personally need PROOF he was an amateur astronomer???

What kind of jerk ARE you anyway???

PLONK!

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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:56:15 -0700, "Jan Owen"
wrote:

So, you personally need PROOF he was an amateur astronomer???

What kind of jerk ARE you anyway???

PLONK!

I don't think he meant it that way...

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

No, I most certainly did not mean it that way. Sheesh!

I just meant, did anyone happen to see Carson observe the heavens? If
anyone here did, perhaps they could share the experience.

No one is a bigger fan of Carson than me.

Bill G.


"Chris L Peterson" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:56:15 -0700, "Jan Owen"
wrote:

So, you personally need PROOF he was an amateur astronomer???

What kind of jerk ARE you anyway???

PLONK!

I don't think he meant it that way...

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

Rod Mollise wrote:
HI Gang:

Very sad news. Former Tonight Show host and long-time amateur astronomer
Johnny Carson has died at 79. :-(


Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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Check-out sct-user, the mailing list for CAT fanciers!
Goto http://members.aol.com/RMOLLISE/index.html

Thanks to Johnny, Ames High School (IA) has 30 Celestron C-5s for use by
9th graders taking earth science (astronomy and geology)... Johnny donated
them anonymously working with school science teacher, Jack Troeger. Johnny's
only request was that they each have a plate, "In Memory of Carl Sagan".

More than a thousand students have enriched their lives learning the night
sky with those telescopes. They study for many weeks learning how to use and
care for those instruments. Parents were not allowed to use the telescope
without getting proper training as their kids have had.

Thanks Johnny!

I gave up watching the Tonight Show when he retired and they put that
guy with the chin implant on. Mr. Carson lived to be 79...but had he
never smoked (his one vice as far as I can gather) he'd still be here.
Maybe. Probably. A word to the wise.

MY HALLIBURTON BOARD OF DIRECTORS RIGHT OR WRONG!

What is the meaning of "PLONK"? Is this an acronym?
Thanks,

-mij

"Jan Owen" wrote in message
news:PJXId.16203$nt.1538@fed1read06...
"Rank Amateur" wrote in message
nk.net...
Anyone here ever see Carson observe? Attend a star party? Of course, I
know he was an amateur astronomer because he would occasionally mention
it
on his show.

Bill G.

So, you personally need PROOF he was an amateur astronomer???

What kind of jerk ARE you anyway???

PLONK!

--
Jan Owen

To reach me directly, remove the Z, if one appears in my e-mail address...
Latitude: 33.662
Longitude: -112.3272

On 2005-01-23, Dusty wrote:
You're probably right, but I can't remember. Tom would speak of he met
Johnny and made the 10" for him. I remember people telling me that Carson
would actually observe with the telescope. 30 years is a long time to do a
TV show and it seems like just yesterday he did the last one. It was on too
late for me most of the time, but whenever I did see it he left me rolling
in the floor.

I remember seeing Johnny Carson on "Who Do You Trust?"!

Mij Adyaw wrote:
What is the meaning of "PLONK"? Is this an acronym?
Thanks,

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=plonk&r=67

networking, abuse (Possibly influenced by British slang
"plonk" for cheap booze, or "plonker" for someone behaving
stupidly; usually written "*plonk*") The sound a newbie
makes as he falls to the bottom of a kill file. While this
term originated in the Usenet newsgroup
news:talk.bizarre, by 1994 it was widespread on Usenet and
mailing lists as a form of public ridicule.

Another theory is that it is an acronym for "Person with
Little Or No Knowledge".

I remember him mentioning a C-14. It was right around the time our club got
one, and I thought it was cool. I actually sent him a letter, plus some of
our club publications for his reading.



On 23 Jan 2005 13:38:47 -0800, "RMOLLISE" wrote:


If I recall correctly, Johnny had quite a few scopes, including, at one
time, a Questar 7 and a C14.