Yeah, I'll miss getting together more often with all my astronomy pals, but dark skies just out the back door make up for a lot of what I'll miss! Cynthia created an album for me on the Utah astronomy sight. I've only posted one image, that of the Sagittarius region from my backyard last month. See: http://www.utahastronomy.com/Kim/Sagittarius_Milky_Way_1_001. You'll see just a little glow on the horizon to the southwest from Mt. Pleasant, and I can see a bit of the light pollution from Utah Valley to the north. Unfortunately, we don't have very good seeing, being so close to the mountains, but I'm not complaining. So, Chuck, what exactly are you studying? If I had to return to school, I think I'd slit my wrists first. Kudos to anyone who pursues higher education, especially when a bit older than the usual 20-something's who are in college. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:34 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Chuck's back | Thanks Kim, Rich, Joe, it's good to be back in the | loop. I'm still in school but have a good handle on | the material now, to the point where I can come up for | air once in a while. Can't wait to complete my | Solidworks certification and turn it loose on astro | hardware! Just being back in college after decades is | a hoot all by itself too. | | Kim, very sorry you're at a distance now but happy you | have dark skies right outside the back door. | | C. | | | | ____________________________________________________ | Yahoo! Sports | Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football | http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ | |

Quoting Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com>:

What is really encouraging is the number of young women getting into the design & engineering field and learning the software. 28 years ago it was mostly just guys in my classes, now it's more like 50/50 male/female. And just being in that environment makes a person feel younger than their years.

Hey Chuck, My Pharmacist say's the same thing... ;)